NATIONAL DEFENCE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1843, 25 August 1906, Page 3

NATIONAL DEFENCE.

PRESS ASSOCIATION Auokland, last night.

Tho National Lsagua o£ Now Zealand has boon started in Auckland under favorablo oiroumstanoes. Tno object ia to ensure doDooatio peace and security from all possible invasion by obtaining national aioptiou of tho following safeguards: 1, Universal defensive traiuiug either ashore or afljat of all boys and young meu of the age 21, with tho encouragement of con* tinued traiuiug. 2. All men engaged in every branch of local maritime aud waterside industries to bo licensed for preferenoo in all State employment, and iicousod ocoupalion to Brit sh c.t zons whofultiltho training conditions, 3. All assisted immigration to bo confined to British stock, and to those who have fulfilled or agreo to fulfil special training conditions. 4. ll'tls ranges to bo provided in evory township, and Morris’ tube raogoa in every urban aud suburban school district, sufficient rifl.s to bo kept in tho oulony to arm every capable c.vzau aud sufficient ammualtioo in suitable centres to mako rilla-

men cffieiont for defeuoe. oio of tho nutbod3 is do organise a bouse to house canvass of the colony, placing literature in the handi of every elector, and particularly by arousing the intelligent patriotism ol the young, also to obtuiu a referendum if uooeasary, and by securing a rc-f-.reudum an overwhelming imij irity for a universal defonsive scherno uu tbo lines laid down in tho obj ici cf the L .ague.