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MAGISTRATE ADJOURNS DRILL CASES PRESBYTERIANS IN COURT Thirteen applications for exemption from drill were made before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M.. at the Magistrate's Court this afternoon. The applicants Included Alex Miller and A. )1. Richards. the Presbyterian divinity students Whose determined refusal to attend par-ado. resulted in their being tined £5 by the same magistrate when their civil rights were cancelled for 10 years. “We had’better adjourn these until Parliament decides what is to be done,” said the magistrate. when \‘l’. E. Byrt, the first of several Presbyteriaus who wished for exemption on account of religious belief, appeared in support of his application. Captain \Vales: The Address-in-Reply debate is finished now. The adjournment was made until October 9.
V. J. Cleave was granted exemption on the grounds of hardship, also A. D. Harris, a farm-worker who was told to complete his training at the end of the year. Brian Knight. 8. Quaker. was granted exemption on the grounds of religious belief. .__—.__—
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 741, 14 August 1929, Page 11
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