In response to requests from a number of country towns, several infantry battalions which formerly had their headquarters in Sydney and t suburbs have been moved The new training centres were established only after careful sounding of local opinion and investigation of fresh recruiting fields. Since there is a need of army reinforcements, it was felt by the military authorities that full advantage should be taken of the desire manifested in certain country districts to build up the personnel of the non-technical units. n 13 days 10 hours 11 minutes—5 days 8 hours 21 minutes ess t an the previous record. It was a trying journey. one stage the Coincidentally with the extension of militia ing to the country has come to the conversion of two near-metropolitan light horse regiments
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