COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING.
WAIHI, Last Night,
Li tlie Public Domain, yesterday afternoon, an ex-South African contingenter gave a starring address on the- defence scheme, and moved a resolution in favour of compulsory military training. Socialist leaders moved an amendment that the gathering protest against, compulsory training. The Socialists insisted on a division, and about 300 took up a position in favour of the amendment, and about 1200 on the other side. The resolution was carried with enthusiasm, the majority singing the .National Anthem, while the others interrupted with, groans.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10245, 23 May 1911, Page 5
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89COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10245, 23 May 1911, Page 5
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