THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES FORCES.
COMPULSORY DRILLING OF SCHOOL BOYS ADVOCATED.
[PEB PEBSS ASSOCIATION,] (Received 6, 9.30 a.m.) Sydney, March 6. The Premier, speaking at Hay, said there were 200,000 men in the colony between the ages of 18 and 45, of whom 90,000 were capable of bearing arms and using them. While sending troops to South Africa he was taking every precaution as to the defences of the colony. He warmly advocated the compulsory drilling of boys in public schools,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 52, 7 March 1900, Page 3
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83THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES FORCES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 52, 7 March 1900, Page 3
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