MILITARY SERVICE.
GOVERNMENT BILL COMING. RUMOUR OF REDUCTION OF AGE. It has been freely rumoured in the lobbies lately that (he Government have a Bill on the stocks Avhieh provides that the military age for active service abroad shall he reduced from 20 to 19 or even 18 years of age. Yesterday afternoon a Dominion representative asked Sir dames Allen, Minister of Defence, Avhethor the rumour was correct or not, but the Minister refused to make any statement. In the House of Representatives yesterday Mr M’Comhs asked the Minister Avliether it. Avas a. fact that the Government, in order to try and avoid the cost of sending married men to the front, intended to postpone the calling up of (lie Second Division by conscripting boys of 18 or 19 years of age. “The honourable member Avill receive all the information Avhen (lie Bill comes before the House,” replied Sir James Allen. The Prime Minister informed a Dominion reporter yesterday that a Bill is being prepared embodying various amendments to the Military Service Act, but he stated that it had not yet been dealt with by Cabinet. He refused to state whether or not there Avas any provision relating to, the lowering of the military age limit.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1746, 9 August 1917, Page 2
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206MILITARY SERVICE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1746, 9 August 1917, Page 2
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