NO CONSCRIPTION
MINISTER'S ANSWER
"SPONTANEOUS RESPONSE"
The article published in ."The P ; ost" last Friday drew attention, to-the..,slow, progress in recruiting ipv the Special Force, but for the time bVing, at all events, it does not appear likely that the Government will . introduce . conscription. ....-■■' ..'■•■
Yesterday, a deputation , from the annual conference, pf the New Zealand Labourers' Federation, which .waited upon Ministers voiced., .opposition' to the introduction of conscription, the speaker on this.!ppint._ being JMr. T. Stanley. . . ..,- .-:.
Replying, the Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones) ,said , that, ;at the moment, the spontaneous response to the appeal for voluntary enlistment precluded any contemplation ; of the introduction of conscription.. :
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 117, 14 November 1939, Page 11
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107NO CONSCRIPTION Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 117, 14 November 1939, Page 11
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