TEACHING GREAT BRITAIN.
THE COLONIES AND THEIR LEGISLATION. June 30, .9.50 p.m..,. LONDON. June 30.' : At a largely attended meeting of the National Service League held in the Queen's Hall, Earl Roberts presided, and read a telegram of Acongratulation from the the Australian League. Lovd Curzon declared that Australia and New Zealand were the two most democratic communities in the Empire. Both had passed Bills rendering military service on every able bodied citizen obligatorv. It was no shame that the Old /Country should receive a lead in this matter Iroin the progeny of "the overseas. They might have a keener vision, and a livelier current of blood running through their veins. England rendered them many services in the past, and if they succee led in teaching her the obligation of looking after Home defence it was was only a return ior a debt, with compound interest.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10029, 1 July 1910, Page 5
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146TEACHING GREAT BRITAIN. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10029, 1 July 1910, Page 5
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