THE EIGHTH NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT.
Applications Pouring in.
(Per* United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, December 19.
Up to this afternoon about 320 applications have been received at the Auckland Brigade Office for enlistment in the Eighth Contingent. These are all from Auckland. The country lists are not yet in.
CHKISTCHTraOH, December 19.
A large number of applicants for places in the Eighth ' Contingent have been received by the Defence authorities here. Some twenty members of the returned Contingents have put in applications. PALMERSTON N., December 19.
Seventy-five applications have so far been received for enrolment in the Eighth Contingent here.
WELLINGTON, December 19.
The number of applications received up to the present for the 172 places in the Eighth Contingent allotted to "Wei. lington is 257, including 26 returned troopers.
NAPIER, December 20.
Seventy-five applications have been received for the Hawke's Bay detachment of the Eighth Contingent. The number includes six returned troopers, and applications are baing received by every mail.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10523, 20 December 1901, Page 2
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160THE EIGHTH NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10523, 20 December 1901, Page 2
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