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MORE MINISTERIAL' "INTELLK* GENCE." Magistrates Appointed Keepers of the People's Conscience. The following instructive porre* spondence has passed between Mr. E. H. C. Bidder and the Minister of Defence :— October il. Allen, Defence Minister, .Wellington. , What equivalent service do you pro* pose for persons already exempted! under Defence Act?—BIDDER. October 18. . Mr., Bidder, Christchurch. ! Re your telegram 11th inst., it has not yet been decided what non-combat-' ant services persons already exempted under Defence Act will be requineA to perform.—J. ALLEN. October 23. Allen, Defence Minister, .Wellington. ' If equivalent service not yet decided,' why prosecute exemption claimants left failure to render personal service P—< BIDDER. ' October 29. * Mr. Ridder, Christchurch. Re your telegram of 22nd Jnst.-n persons not exempted are liable to pro\ as prescribed by Defence Act. On Defence Amendment Act becoming law, magistrates may ( grant exemption certificate if satisfied applicant objects in good faith to military training on account of religious., belief.-J. ALLEN. October 81. Allen, Defence Minister, Wellington, You evade question of 23rd Inst.' I did not ask about your infamous Amendment Act, but about prosecution and jailing of lads for failure to render service not yet deAlledl— J RIDDER.
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 87, 8 November 1912, Page 1
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