A KITCHENER MESSAGE.
NEW ZEALAND'S SHARE IN VICTORY.
(Special to Herald.) WELLINGTON, this day. A brief, but all-embracing Kitchener message to New Zealand was repeated by the Minister of Defence, the Hon. James Allen, to your correspondent last evening, when the almost daily question regarding recruiting was put to him. ''Keep your main force up to the original strength, and gradually make it % bit stronger,' and then we can 'win," was. what the head of the British army advised the New Zealand Government, .11 answer, to its inquiry as to what was wanted of the Dominion. The lion,. Jas. Allen, m a. rapid review of the position, showed how this little country has dope even more than Lord Kitchener considers necessary for victory. The number of soldiers provided by the time the second battalions and existing reinforcements leave our shores will be between 24,000' and 25,0C0. Every two feioriths fresh drafts jo away, At a yearly; average of 16,000 reinforcements. ."This," said the Minister, is better than rushing all our resources into the field. It is the feeling of security we give to Kitchener thit we can. keep our 3upply to full strength, possibly a little more, that inspires and means victory m the long run."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13701, 3 June 1915, Page 7
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