COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING.
COMBATTING THE AGITATION.
MEETING IX AVELLIXGriON. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Mr. D. McLaren, M.P.. presided at a meeting to-night or' persons opposed t> compulsory military training. About sixty were present. The chairman said the proposal for military training had become them at a juncture when it seemed madness lo advance it. Those who were crying out about the Government's extravagance were those now most anxious to pile a further burden on tint shoulders of (he people. He opposed compulsory training, liecauso it led to corirpjilfiory service, and that to conscription.
Mr. 'l'. ,T, O'Rcgan moved: "That this meeting resolves itself into a committee to take the necessary steps' to combat the agitation in favor of compulsory military training." H,. said it was a scoundrelly thing to make such a proposal. There was no justification for .such a tiling, unless it was to find billets for a lot of idlers. Tli L . motion was carried.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 87, 8 May 1909, Page 2
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159COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 87, 8 May 1909, Page 2
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