CONVICTS IN THE TRENCHES.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THK FRENCH WILL SEND THEIR CRIMINALS TO FIGHT. There i>ji very strong conv'ction in France at present urging the Government to send to the trendies all the able-bodied convicts now serving in various French prisons. The convicts "ill require very littl" training, for, of course, the great majority have already served iu the army. It" is proposed to employ thivc men : n the tiring lino to do the most dangerous tasks. Those who show conspicuous hrave'ry will he let off a part or the whole of their punishment as a reward. Curiously enough. French criminals are u-ed r'eguhiny by the government in naval dockyard-. When a battVship is launched the worst criminal- are employed to cut away the last ban Mint timber, which allows the f-hip to glide from the slips. Th : s is a very dangerous task, four out of every ten men being crushed to death in the pro-
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 132, 14 January 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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159CONVICTS IN THE TRENCHES. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 132, 14 January 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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