FUTURE DRAFTS.
STATEMENT BY SIR JAMES ALLEN.
Speaking at Wellington on Tuesday, the Acting-Prime Minister said: “The Mayor has expressed the hope that men of the Second Division with three children may not he called ii]) for active service. I reciprocate heartily that wish (Applause.) No one will be more pleased than I, as Minister of Defence, if that is so. But, sir, if (he necessity still continues, then I believe that the people of New Zealand, and the men who have wives and three children, would rather do their duty and make their sacrifices than see the nation fail in its greateffort of to-day. (Applause.) Second Division men with three children will not, I think, he balloted for before and I hope, although several of them may have to go into camp, that not one of them will have to leave New Zealand.” (Applause).
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1879, 19 September 1918, Page 3
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145FUTURE DRAFTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1879, 19 September 1918, Page 3
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