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AUCKLAND, March G
If war occurred and a pacifist saw an enemy molesting his wife and children, be would he the first to shoulder a gun in defence of his loved ones, said . the Rev. Lionel B. Fletcher in the. course of a debate on “The • Church and-■ Wai it- the annual conference bb"tlie Congregational Union of New. Zealand'. . . T It was resolved “that- the Assembly pledges itself to support every reasonabe movement and organisation ivlio.se aim and object is ■to rid the world of tlie scourge of war."
A motion Urging tlie cultivation of the spirit of pence and ed icts to bring about the repeal of tlie Compulsory .Military Training system, was carried with only one dissvnti -lit.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1930, Page 6
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