MILITARY CANTEENS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 259, 8 December 1909, Page 2

MILITARY CANTEENS.

AN OBJECT LESSON. H] f Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Sydney, December 7. Colonel Foxton, an hon. Minister <» le Federal Cabinet, in discussing the Xfc" efence Bill, said he had charge of u imp in Queensland, run on tempernee lines. There was no canteen on yi>] ic first night and many men waited >ur miles and got beer. The second IBy ight they were worse. He had never J pen so much drunkenness in a camp, i 'o save the situation he got some bar- f j rls of beer anil from that out drunken-1 t]„ eg cetn-ed. I , J0 NEW ZEALAND OBJECTIONS. JJf By Telegraph.—Press Association. „ 0 Fcilding, Tuesday. ° (l The Chamber of Commerce last night , iiiunimously adopted the following rjsolution:—"That the Feilding Chnuib->r P* of Commerce heartily endorses comn.ilsory military training, but objects to the provision for liquor canteens, re- ( e ' enacted in. the Defence Bill now before / ~ the House." , - Waiignnni, Last Night j " The following resolution was nassnl I n by the local Council of Churches today: ! e ' "That this meeting of the Wnngiinai Council of Churches having considered t the telegram from the Right Hon. the t Premier in reply to resolution passed, in • the local churches lolative to canteens t 'or the supply of intoxicating liquors in t military gatherings, pledges itself to op. ii pose in every consitntional manner com- I pulsorv militaM training if liquor is to t be Kold or supplied in the encamp- I ments." 1 . c t