RETURNED DRAFTS
TWO VESSELS LAND MEN TODAY. The Matatua and Ruapehu, which arrived in port from England with large bodies of troops yesterday, will berth to-day after the usual period of quarantine. The Matatua, with Returned Draft 213, will 'berth at tie King's wharf at 10 a.m. The Ruapehu, on board of which is Returned Draft 214, will berth at the same wharf at 4 oclock this aftersoon. NESTOR'S MEN LANDED. Frcs3 Asaociation AUCKLAND, February 20. The troops brought by the Mamari, ex Nestor, from Melbourne, landed this afternoon. All the 150 men aboard came from Palestine, and were .malaria convalescents. There were no cot cases. The Alamari was declared a "clean" ship after twenty-four hours in quarantine.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10210, 21 February 1919, Page 5
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118RETURNED DRAFTS New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10210, 21 February 1919, Page 5
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