THE N.Z.E.F.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19812, 2 December 1919, Page 7

THE N.Z.E.F.

RETURNING TROOPSHIPS. i ~ Latest c-ablo advices from' England confc;ii:i {lie interesting information that tnero are now only nine members of the Now Zealand Expeditionary .Korea in Franco. The number of New Zealnnd soldiers in Great Britain is also decreasing rapidly. The last transport to leave an English port for tin? Dominion will bo the Tiuapo.hu onrrving l-"50 men and 1.30 women. The Rnapeliu was o.\pected to sail yesterday There will then bo approximately (570 soldiers and soldiers' wives for repatriation, and these will come out on ordinary passenger ships as accommodation is available. The, Ruahine, due at Auckland about December 20, has eight men for Picton and Nelson, ten for the West Coast, forty-four for Chnstchureh, and nine- ' teen for stations between Christohurch and Duuedin. Tho Rimiitaka, due at Wellington about December 27, has about sixty-five men for Canterbury. Tho Kigoma, via, Suez, <hio afc Wellington about January 20. carries fvixtysix officers, three nurses. 212 other ranks. twenty-eight civilians, 112 women and thirty cluldren.