NATIONAL SERVICE.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 January 1916, Page 5

NATIONAL SERVICE.

TTFT.DIN TRADES COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Jan. 20. A meeting or the Otago Trades and Labor Council to-night carried the following resolutions: — "That unions be strongly recommended not to give any support to the resolution the 'Unity Platform' is • ul>mitting, unless 'the following words bo deleted: 'And undertake absolutely to support the National Government in any steps it decides upon towards victory.' "That this council affirms its unqualified faith in the righteousness of Britain's attitude and entry into the present war, and resolves: (1) that the voluntary system of enlistment is morn in harmony with British history and British instincts than any form of- conscription; (2) that in order to obviate the evils associated with conscription, more adequate remuneration and fuller recompense should be (riven ito our volun-. teer soldiers and their dependents; (3) that if any form of conscription is to 'be tolerated, it must be in practice and essence national service; (4) that such national service should be translated by legislation into equal sacrifice on the part of all citizens; (5) that to achieve this end the wealth of all citizens should, according to ability to pay, be eonscribed in similar ratio to that of the manhood of the country.."