BRITISH POLITICS.
PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT London, Oct 29, Mr Kcir Hardie, the Labor leader, in a speech at Bradford, declared that militarism was obtaining a growing hold on the country. One education authority had permitted the inclusion in the school syllabus of drill, including.rifle shooting. A Liberal Minister was reluctantly, shamefacedly. compelled to permit what a Tory Minister had refused. Mr Hardie concluded by urging the people not to allow the children to be taught the hellish doctrine of shooting their brothers.
As a result of newspaper discussion o!
the cost of municipal socialistic schemes, etc., to middle-class ratepayers for the benefit of tho working classes", a middleclass defence organisation is being formed, with branches throughout England, The object is to prevent increases in Imperial and local taxation.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1919, 31 October 1906, Page 2
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