MILITARY SERVICE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1745, 27 October 1917, Page 2

MILITARY SERVICE.

CLERGY, TEACHERS AND MARIST BROTHERS.

WILL THEY BE EXEMPT? ,

The House, after a lengthy dc-: bate, exempted clergy from military service in the Expeditionary Forccj Bill.

Sir Joseph Ward then moved his. amendment exempting any persoi* who is a teacher in any public school under the Education Act, or a teacher, lecturer, or professor in any secondary school, college, or university under the University Act, or teacher in any private school not conducted for pecuniary profit.

Sir James Allen said he could not accept the amendment.

On a division the amendment was carried by 36 votes to 32. The voting was as under: —• Ayes( 36). —Brown, Carroll, Colvin,‘Dickie, Ell, T. A. H. Field, W, H. Field, Findlay, Fletcher, Forbes, Glover, Hanan, Hindmarsh, Isitt, Jennings, M’Callum, M’Combs, Mander, Myers, Parata, Payne, Poland, Pomare, Poole, Russell, Sidey, R, W. Smith. Talbot, Thacker, Thomson, Veiteh, Walker, Wax’d, Webb, Wilford, Witty.

Noes (32). —Allen, Anderson, An-, stey, Bollard, Craigie, J. M. Dickson, J. S. Dickson, Fraser, Guthrie, Har-. ris, Herdman, Herries, Hornsby, Hudson, Hunter, Lee, Massey, Dr. Newman, E. Newman, Nosworthy, Okey, Parr, Pearce, R. H. Rhodes, T. W. Rhodes, Scott, G. H. Smith, Statham, Sykes, Wilkinson, Wright, Young. „

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

THROWS OUT EXEMPTION CLAUSE.

The question as to whether the Marist Brothers and teachers generally should be exempt from military service was discussed by the Legislative Council last night, when the Expeditionary Forces Amendment Bill, as passed by the House of > Representatives, was debated upon. The Council divided on the question as to whether the clause exempting teachers should be a part of the Bill. The clause was deleted by 11 votes to 4. The division list was as follows; For the Clause. Against, Bell Aitkcu Paul ' Barr Magiunity Buchanan Hall-Jones Carson Morgan ; Collins .J Eearnshaw ; Moore \ MacGregor t Simpson •- MacGibbou At this stage the Council reported progress on the Bill. Members from the House and Legislative Council will be appointed to confer on the matter.