CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
.DISCUSSION IN THE HOUSE
» (By Telegraph) (From “The Mail’s” Parliamentary Report mu
WELTING 1 Ist \ A long discussion on the el;-i. objectors’ question took plarb in U-0 I House of Representatives this a.teruoor, on the second reading of Mr 11. G. R. Mason's Defence Amendment Bill., which, according to the mover sought to make the law dear and do away I with the worry of interpretations so far as conscientious objectors were concerned. The Bill actually made no change in the law. In regard to nonmilitary service it was proposed this should be outside the Defence Act altogether. He did not see why divinity students should bo singled out for special: treatment-. It should bo a mat-,: ter of: conscience only and the church to which an applicant belonged should not. enter into the question. The Bill was 'generally supported bv Labour Party members but was variously -regarded by other members, sonio of whom took the view that it was aimed at the destruction of the whole system of compulsory military service. The Bill was talked out.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 3 August 1929, Page 9
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