RECRUITING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 593, 4 January 1916, Page 11

RECRUITING.

ENLISTMENTS IN CHRISTCHURCH. If the present rale of recruiting in the city does not slacken down the Christchurch area group's quota of men for the 12th Reinforcement, to go into camp on Wednesday of next week, should be completed. At present -IS infantrymen are required to complete the list. The other branches of the quota are full already. The other area groups in the Canterbury military district, however, are having difficulty in Jilling up their quotas, and a spurt in recruiting in the country is necessary if the district quota is not to be short. The men who enlisted in Christchurch after The Sun went to press yesterday were:— Albert Wood, 13 Rrittan Street. Linwood, ropemaker—lnfantry. John E. Gudgeon, Rank of New Zealand, clerk—lnfantry. Malcolm L. Nelson, St. David Street, Lyttclton, shop assistant—Mounted. Charles H. Toy, St. David Street, Lyttelton, clerk—Mounted. Cyril Fletcher, a2 Perth Street, Richmond, shepherd—Mounted. William A. Erasmuson, G.P.0., Christchurch, salesman—Hospital ship. Frank McGlrr, Box G, Methven, droverMounted. Hugh Edward McGirr, Methven, butcher— Mounted. Wilfred Robert Coles, 256 Wilson's Road, druggist's assistant —Infantry. Thomas Coughlan, care of C.D.C., Hereford Street, miner—lnfantryGregory O'Rrien, care of Tourist Office, Public Servant —Infantry. Leslie Charles Lascelles, 202 Fitzgerald Avenue, tanner —Infantry. James Reynolds Hanna, 5 Hutchison Street, Sydenham, coachbuilder—Mounted. John James Neilson, 12 Shrewsbury Street, Merivale, clerk—lnfantry. John Basil Otten, 9 Cheviot Street, Spreydon, moulder—Artillery. Walter William Henson, 21 Roker Street, Spreydon, carter—Artillery. Harry Manship, Halswell, farm labourer— Mounted. Herbert James Moyna, Halswell, grocer's assistant —Mounted. Gor.don Fergus, Halswell, farm labourer— Mounted. James Rogers, 279 Lincoln Road, Addington, labourer—Mounted. John Morgan Nixon, 38 Stanmore Road, tailor—lnfantry. TO-DAY'S LIST. "

Peter P. Irving, 153 King Street, Sydenham, driver —Mounted. Sydney G. Allen, care G.P.0., Christchurch, farmer—lnfantry. Frederick John Kittenberg, 51 Durham Street, Sydenham, stableman —Mounted. P. Ford, GO Clare Road, plasterer—Mounted. George Stephens, Green's Road, Papanui, gardener—lnfantry. Birkett Mossop, Taumutu, Leeston, farm hand—Mounted. James Harry, 39 Durham Street, Sydenham, labourer—lnfantry. George Skone, Ryrie's Hotel, Lyttelton, seaman—Mounted Signallers. Joseph Michael Capsin, 153 Edinburgh Street, Spreydon, labourer—Artillery. Alfred Johnston, New Brighton Cafe, labourer—lnfantry. Claude Ridgeway Foster, 299 Durham Street, butcher —Arti 1 lery. Daniel Prescott George, 102 Strickland Street, Sydenham, buyer—Mounted. Charles Francis Williams, 13 Riccarton Road, salesman —Mounted. William Fox, Darwin Street, Sydenham, driver—Mounted. Edward James Drydcn, 207 Salisbury Street, farm hand—lnfantry. William Robert Hcney, 113 Winchester Street, Merivale, accountant—lnfantry. George Frederick Foulston, care T. Gough, Greendale, driver—Artillery or A.S.C. John E. Tunnington, 61 Frank Street, Papanui, clerk—Artillery.

RANGIORA. During the week ending Friday, December 31, the following recruits were enrolled at Rangiora:— Oliver August Myers, farmer, West Oxford —Mounted. Samuel J. Hart, groom, Rangiora—lnfantry. James Hickenbottom, farm hand, Waiau — Infantry. John Jordan, grocer's assistant, Rangiora— Artillery. Thomas Quinn, labourer, Ohoka —Infantry. Samuel Charles Small, engine driver, Loburn—lnfantry. William David Mackintosh, farm hand, White Rock-—lnfantry. • Robert Henry Johnston Chapman, stock agent, Culverden —ArUllery. Thomas Reginald Doyle, farm hand, Ashley—lnfantry. Frederick Percy Cunningham, farm hand, White Rock—lnfantry. Roland Percy Nelson, farm hand, OxfordInfantry.