AN UNWILLING TERRITORIAL

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1492, 15 July 1912, Page 8

AN UNWILLING TERRITORIAL

SOME GOOD ADVICE. Addressing a youth who was charged at Stratford with refusing to take the oath under (lie Defem* Act, the magistrate, Mr. Kenrick, Miiil-.—"Yim are a Tui'iinnki buy, and ymi inuM; bear this in mind. Your grandfather and your father have probably fought in this country, and made it fit for you to live in. They lnil lo go away from their hoinfs to defend their country, and their crops' were ruined. They loi-t thi'M , ill ilcfuniling their homes, i daro say you are :i. hard-working young follow, lint vnu inii>t be prepared to put up with a litlle inconvenience. You have the common fault I hat yon don't prepare for the future. You should make koiiip nrraugemeuts lielorehaml, and j;ei somebody U\ take your place, h> that when (he notice does come you can do vour duly." Hi*-Worship mlr'.cil that he hoped Hint, somolhiiii! in the nature of Territorial elul)>. would be formed. They would .-five for an interchange of id™,, rind at. the same lime il should be possible for the young men mutually lo assist in lessening the inconvenience to which tho parades and camp would put them. If each assisted the other there would be no inconvenience, for several camps were held. Turning to another aspect of the case, his Worship said that >.ew Zealand was regarded by other countries as "n nice little plum," and they would eoouer or later make a bid for it. With forty thousand trained troops, and assistance from England, the country could be defended. "I know," he said, "that you are quite prepared to fight when the time comes, but then it is too late. Of what use is a man who does not kribw.the butt end of a gun from the muzzle? You may have seen a ploy called 'The Englishman's Homo.' Thorn was not much good in their attempting to fight. You must bo prepared to defend your country. It is little \o nsk—only thai yon bo prepared. The volunteers did this without being forced, but it was discovered that one. half were leaving the other hflilf to do the work. -1