NATIONAL DEFENCE LEAGUE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 30 April 1907, Page 2

NATIONAL DEFENCE LEAGUE.

DEPUTATION To iIR. KOWLDS. Per Press Association. Auckland, April 2!). The ipieslion of making instruction in markmanship aiul inililiirv drill compulsory in universities iiihl public secondary schools, and (iovernim'nt, assistance towards the establishment of luiiiialiuv nile ranges throughout tin 1 colony, w.is urged mi (lie Hon. Air. Fowids, .Minislcr for Education, hy n deputation from III;' National Defence League of Xeiv Zealand this afternoon. It was also ■u; L'i'sird tliat tlit* (iuvernnient include iii'tnuiion in rillo shooting as one of ine subjects under tile .Manual anil echiiical Education Act. It was pointi;l.l "" I , 1 a* Hie .:)(« rillo was beiii» discarded at Home, it would be a good fl "' "■« -New Zealand Cov--Imi tent t<i purchase, ~; v i.->O.(RKr () f tlm old issue lor Use ill this colon v. in reI ■ I"r Mr ' J '' J wlds said some of t)„. M«".ti"iis raised did not tonic within tl,e •cpe ol his department, hut he would he very pleased to put the matters bc;«iv the .Ministers concerned, lie thou Hit u a good thin- that the youth of the colony should he taught to shunt, hut ne looked askance at any compulsorv proposal, believing hotter results could he got from volunteer than pressed men. He tell favorably disposed towards placing miniature ranges within the reach of every hoy. The quest ions, including ride shooting as a subject under the Manual ierhnical Act, was one on which he was not prepared to commit himself at once. All the representations made would he carefully considered by Cabinet.