MILITARY TRAINING.
THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR. Sir Joseph Ward, in reply (o a question by Mr. Okey in the House, of Kcprcfontsxlives ye-U'i'day f-tateil: "It is not the intention tin's session (o amend (lie Bcjcnce Act in tho direction of admitting conscientious objectors. Thero is a difference bobvwn l.)io cfljsscirntious objector and tho religious objector. Provision is made in (tatkm ta »( (]io 190!) Act for objectors oh rolidon.S' grounds, and nrriiiis«iiients urn l>?hig niado to give effect to tin's provision. Hut those who object only on the conscientious principle, apart from any quesrion of reJijion, m'l! be rosisteivil, enrolled, ai»l called up for training, if physically fit, under tho provisions of the Act. Cflsiv* where a yoinis man c:in show ho is the chief bread-winnw will bo taken on their merits, and ho may, if necessary, onil after due inquiry made by the area adjutant, b? exempted for the current year from en inn; bud ho will 1)0 required to attend drills at his drill centre cloro to his liome, as this will not ihlerforo with hie. bread-winning for the liomo."
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1248, 5 October 1911, Page 4
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180MILITARY TRAINING. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1248, 5 October 1911, Page 4
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