OPPOSITION TO COMPULSORY TRAINING.
A MEETING AT WELLINGTON
(Per Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, May 8. Mr. D. McLaren, M.P., presided at a meeting last night of persons opposed to compulsory military training. About 60 men were present. The chairman said the proposal for military training had come before them at a juncture when it seemed madness to advance. Those who were crying out about the Government’s extraxagance were those who were most anxious to pile further burdens on the shoulders of the people. He opposed compulsory training because it led to compulsory service, and that to compulsory conscription. " Mr. P. J. O’Regan moved: “That this meeting resolves itself into a committee to take the necessary steps to combat the agitation in favor of compulsory military training.” He said it was a scoundrelly thing to make such a proposal: There was no justification for such a thing unless it was to find billets’ for a lot of idlers. The motion was carried.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2497, 10 May 1909, Page 5
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160OPPOSITION TO COMPULSORY TRAINING. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2497, 10 May 1909, Page 5
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