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SHIRKERS?

(To the Editor.) Sir,—Many letters are appearing in the papers from all sorts of people, including a bishop, accusing some of our men of shirking their duty. Now, Sir, how can any individual pretend to know the various circumstances influencing any single man, and how dare they attempt to judge them ? They have quite enough to do to play their own part properly. Our defence forco is being gathered on a voluntary basis. So long as this is so, no citizen lias any right to accuso another of failing to enrol. As soon as the voluntary system is considered unsatisfactory, the State should revert to compulsory service, and register all the men under various headings, and call up just as many as are required for each class wanted. It would be a good thing if all papers would closo their columns against private, self-constituted judges and only publish letters calling for compulsory service, until it became evident that the country is ready to accept compulsion.—l am, etc., ERIC WHITCOMBE. Meetapoor, Ekotahuna, May 30, 1915.

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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2477, 2 June 1915, Page 6

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SHIRKERS? Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2477, 2 June 1915, Page 6

SHIRKERS? Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2477, 2 June 1915, Page 6

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