DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA
•', -m —.— '.' 900,000 MEN- LIABLE TO SERVE. MORE POPULATION NECESSARY. By Cable—Press Association.—Copyright Melbourne, August 24. In time of war 800,000 men will be liable to serve under the new Defence Act'.* The Commonwealth will not have sufficient rifles for this number, but the small arms factory will be working by the end of the present year. | The Minister of External Affairs said that this session steps would be taken to secure for the Federal' Government more control, of labor conditions. It would then be in a better position to take up the immigration question. It was necessary to render Australia Bafe by effective occupation.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 117, 25 August 1910, Page 5
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107DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 117, 25 August 1910, Page 5
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