THE UNITY CONFERENCE.
FRESH DEFENCE PROTOSALS. ■ i Per Press Association. J Christchurch, Last Night. lt -Y l '- E. Howard, secretary of the Gen- ' i eral Laborers' I'nion, who has returned after attending a meeting of the Unit}* Committee in Wellington, stated to-day )4 that the committee had prepared a pro- ' j gramme of operations which he believed ' ; would be acceptable to all bodies inter- ' ested in the I'nity proposals. Amongst otlfer things, lie said, the committee had ' t drawn up a scheme for a citizens' army, ffhich provided for effective defence aiirf at"the same time met the objections of those who were opposed to the compul- »! fsory clauses of the scheme now in force. The general idea in the committee's scheme was to. substitute voluntary service, and to make volunteering more at- . tractive. " »
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 11, 13 June 1913, Page 5
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133THE UNITY CONFERENCE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 11, 13 June 1913, Page 5
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