CONSCRIPTING MAORIS
BALLOT THIS WEEK. ONLY OF WAIKATO MAORIS. - By Telegraph—Press Association. WKLUNC.TON, Monday. It lias been decided to take a ballot in the First Division of Waikato Maoris within the next fow days for the purpose of supplying reinforcements for the .Maori contingent serving in France. The ballot is only being applied to the Waikato natives for the reason that they have consistently stood aloof from voluntary recruiting all along, leaving it to loyal natives to carry ttie burden. The machinery for taking the- ballot is now complete. The total number of First Division native reservists on the roll in the district affected is 420. anil of these it is proposed to call up 200 in the forthcoming ballot. The following Special Native Military Service Board has been established:— Messrs Charles K. MacCormick (Judge of the Native Land Court), John ormsity Otorohanga), Tiera Taipua
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13753, 29 April 1918, Page 4
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