THE MILITARY BALLOT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14392, 3 September 1917, Page 4

THE MILITARY BALLOT.

The following names were among those ■ drawn in the military ballot (the teiitli) published to-day : Hossiter, Leonard Charles, gardener, M'>uihoia (Wairarapa Uroup). i ''•.Mason, lifchvin Walter, butter factory i ; assistant, Taruheru freezing works, Gisborne (Wanganui Group). Mapiesdou, Vincent, marme engineer j s.s. Ngahere, Grevmouth. Mount-ford, Kobci't,- s.s" .Ngahere, Blackball, Greymouth. The following i s the new form of order that is being sent to mm drawn in the ! ballot: "You have, been drawn in the ballot tor military service under the provisions of the -Military ■■Service Act, 1916. You are hereby ordered to parade at °' 1 • •- at the . for the purpose ol being -medically examined and to be attested in accordance with the provisions of the. Military Service Act, 1916. Whether you have or your employer has ■lodged an .appeal -or nut. you must obo\ this order to parade for ■ medical exaiti ■ ination. And you tire hereby, further ■"notified- that" if you fail to obev thi, order yon ixn<- liable tu be a.ViesWi in tho civil police .-wit-limit, further notit-e.'" Any » communication, arising lJ'om this notice inust.be sent in -writing. Telephone. eoinmiiuiontkms cannot, b ( > .a7 cepted. Should flood*, illness, etc nn avoidablr prevent you from parading as ordered abjove, you mti.st at once write to tIT& Gr<.up iCbmmauder stating the circumstances which prevent you from parading. In case of illness you must forward a doctor's certificate to prove that your illness prevented vou from •parading as ordered. The Xo. 9 Medical Board will visit CHsborne from Tuesday, 25th inst. to Satuiiday, 29th. They will examine men drawn in the tenth bollot, and others who have not yet been examined, and w>ill also re-examine some 02 men.

In. the list of those drawn in the military ballot, on page 5 of this issue two 11 am e« shoul d read , :— Sam pso n . Isadore , storekeeper, Wairoa, Hawlw's Bay; Samson, John McFarlano, auctioneer, Gisborne.

The local Group Commander advisesthnt G-rcvis George Winter, whose name appears in the ballot,- was in Sinirnnore. •Some tifno ago he went to England, where he is iir*\r in camp.