CONSCRIPTION URGED
INVERCARGILL VIEWS • - R.S.A. RESOLUTION (Per Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, this day. Surprise that the Government had not introduced compulsory military service was expressed in a resolution passed last night by the Invercargill Returned Soldiers’ Association. ■The resolution is: “That this executive. expresses its surprise at the attitude of the Government in not conscripting the man-power of tLje country. The Government has thought 8111181316 to conscript all supplies and materials, and we maintain that conscription means equable sacrifice. ./“After personal contact with most of the eligible men. v/e find more than 90 per cent of those affected are strongly in favour of conscription. We consider this fact alone should influence members of Parliament.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20058, 3 October 1939, Page 14
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113CONSCRIPTION URGED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20058, 3 October 1939, Page 14
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