DEFENCE OF NEW ZEALAND.
A QUESTION OF MILITARY EFFICIENCY. MINISTERIAL AND MILITARY VIEWS. BT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, April 22. At a banquet held to-night in connection with the conference of the National Defence League, the Hon. R. McNab, Acting-.Vinister of Defence, aaid it was not thu Government's policy to have compulsory military training, but no administration should put any barrier in the of an organisation which desired to persuade the people that some system of compulsory military trainirig should be instituted. New Zealand was, perhaps, not so far frorr the new theatres of war as people imagined, and this was an important matter. Whether for external or internal defence, it was the first duty of the citizen to qualify himself, so that he would be ready when the Empire called. Colonel Robin, First Military Member of the Council of Defence, saul he was glad to see that, while educating the people on defence matters, the League had said nothing derogatory of tire present system. He agreed as to the necessity of bringing the youth of the country up to a military efficiency and to inculcate a spirit of patriotism.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9071, 23 April 1908, Page 5
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190DEFENCE OF NEW ZEALAND. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9071, 23 April 1908, Page 5
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