COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING.
NOISY SOCIALISTS. Wellington, May 13. A public meeting was held in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall to-night in favour of compulsory military training, the Mayor (Dr Newman) presiding. Opposition to this movement had been manifested for some time by Socialists and some others, and they mustered in force to oppose any resolution favouring compulsory training. Mr R. McNab, ex-Minister of Defence, was the principal speaker, and with great difficulty and constant interruption he managed to deliver an address in favour of compulsory military training, although his speech was curtailed and much of his argument lost owing to the uproar.
It seemed impossible to maintain order, all speakers being subjected to continued heckling. Two motions were put, but nether was disposed of.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19090515.2.18
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 458, 15 May 1909, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
126COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 458, 15 May 1909, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in