New Zealand

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 16, 13 December 1916, Page 2

New Zealand

PROSECUTE THE WAR. MARTON'S RESOLUTION. (Per Press Association). Marton, December 12. The Marton Borouih Council has passed the following resolution unanimously: "That this Council is of the opinion that the present war should be prosecuted by the Allies with increasing and continuous energy, and that it is the serious and imperative, duly of every British citizen to personally assist in that behalf and in order (a) to support the British Empire and the Allies to carry out our pledges to the Mother Country; (b) to support Now Zealand soldiers now fighting for us; (c) to ensure that the sufferings and blood of those who have already fought and that our own past efforts and sacrifices may not have been in vain-—this Council urges upon the National Government the necessity for carrying out the various winActs and Regulations now in force with firmness and determination, and direct all those whose special duty it is to administer such Acts and Regulations to perform that duty in a similar manner; that this Council also urges upon the National Government for earnest consideration whether the time has not arrived to organise the civil population of New Zealand so that the whole energies of the people both individually and Collectively may he directed to specially bringing the war to al speedier and decisive victory." j