REPATRIATION BILL
DISAPPROVAL OF THE MEASURE. At the,meeting of the National Executive of the Second Division' League last evening, a mass of correspondence and 'telegram's from branches of the league with reference to.the question of the Repatriation Bill was read, together with letters sent to every member Of the House of Representatives and the Ministry by the executive. Replies from the Prime Minister and other legislators 'were also read. After discussing the position arising out of tho passing of the-Bill through its final stages on Saturday, the following .resolution "was carried;— "That _the_ National Executive of the Secpnd Division League records its strong' disapproval of the Repatriation Act as passed by Parliament, and, having used every constitutional means to get this vital question fully deliberated oh and amended by Parliament, is compelled to advise members of the league throughout New Zealand that they, in common with other organisations whose representations have been ignored and' whose rights have been violated by the operations of the political machine, must rest content intil a general election gives them the' right to record the wily .effective protest it the ballot-box." ■' . : -,
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 64, 10 December 1918, Page 7
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186REPATRIATION BILL Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 64, 10 December 1918, Page 7
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