NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL.
1 r * ■■ A PROTEST. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Laßt Night. The National Peace Council met to-day to consider the present situation regard- , ing the threatened prosecutions under the • , Defence Act. After discussing ike matter fully the following resolution was carried; ''That this Council most emphatically protests against the action of the Government in threatening, prosecution Hinder the Defence; A'ct, with the" in- ; ' tension of intimidating boys, notwithstanding the fact that it was clearly stated by the of Defehtoe on the floor of the House, prior to th« ■ elections, that no further prosecutions ,under the Defence Act would be instji tutfed, and that instructions to this effect ' have been issued in a recent memoran* ; dunVto the military authorities." The Council discussed the -probability of any prosecutions being instituted, and decided that in that event they wouldat' once take vigorous steps to organise ■ and make effective the opposition i;o- thfe scheme throughout,the Dominion.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 183, 9 January 1912, Page 5
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154NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 183, 9 January 1912, Page 5
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