MEN RETURNING HOME.
VESSEL EXPECTED TO-DAY. DRAFT OF 530 SOLDIERS. A draft of 530 invalided soldiers is ex« pected to reach Auckland today. The authorities cannot announce the probable time of arrival, but, for the benefit of nest of kin. the information will l, a posted at the newspaper offices and the post office probably by midday. The same arrangements as were adopted in connection with the lash transport will be followed, the medical boarding being carried out while the vessel lies in the stream. The officials and voluntary workers will bo ready to board the vessel as soon as she is cleared by the port authorities, and within an. hour of their commencing work the approximate time will be d :splayed by public notice. Only next of k::: holding official I passes will be admitted to the enclosure j provided. j The Auckland seet'oii of the draft will j be landed here, while the .Southern detachment will proceed South by sea.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16849, 14 May 1918, Page 4
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