The other day a prospective appellant to the Military Service Board consulted a Wellington solicitor as to his chances of being successful in an appeal. After hearing the full statement of facts fn >m his client, the solicitor replied that the most he could hope for was a month’s exemption. The client’s face was clouded for a moment; (hen his eye brightened, and he said: “Well, a Jot of bullets can be lired in a month, anyhow,” The Public (Questions Committee* of the Dunedin Presbytery has unanimously agreed to appeal to the Minister for Defence to take such steps as will secure for ministers of all denominations equality of treatment under the Military Service Act, H any ministers arc to be exempted, (hen all ministers should be exempted. If ministers are not exempted as a* class, then those who cannot serve in the fighting line because of canon law or vows laid upon them should be called upon to render such non-combatant service as required by the State.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1678, 24 February 1917, Page 2
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168Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1678, 24 February 1917, Page 2
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