THAT EXPEDITIONARY FORGE
iOCAL LABOUR COUNCIL EN- ; DORSES REPUDIATION.. The Minister for Defence (Hon. Jamgs 'Allen), interviewed on his arrival at Home, is repotted to have said: —^'New Zealand hoped to place an expeditionary force of eight thousand men at the dte- - nosal pi tho Mother Country foi f /service in any part of the Empire." A cable ■ message, ostenfiibly from the Labour , Party, and forwarded by Messrs. Mills and Semple, was sent to Mr. Keir ' ilardie, M.P., repudiating Mr. 4Ulen's , offer. , The matter came under the notice of thd WaUington District Labour Council at its last meeting, when a resolution was carried recording the council's en- • doTSement of tJie cable sent. While the resolution was carried unani- . mously, it was accepted by delgates on tbe understanding that it in no -way committed those favouring the compuieory clauses of the Defence Act to any -'apparent departure from the principle oi that measure. ' "TOO MUCH SENSE. 'i (we tatßoßA*a— mess association.) • - WESTPORT, This Day. Speaking here, the Bon. t\ M. B. tftene* 'said the Hon, James Allen had too inusch (Sense to offer 8000 men for ' service outside New Zealand.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 32, 7 February 1913, Page 8
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189THAT EXPEDITIONARY FORGE Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 32, 7 February 1913, Page 8
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