ANTI-MILITARISTS
MEETING IN CH.RISTCH.URCH.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
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At an open-air meeting of the] General■ .'Laboiwers' Union, held tonight, at which the compulsory military training system was discussed, the following motion was agreed tio: "That on the opinion of this, meeting of general labourers, the organised)" workers of this country are now called upon to take laotion, if the mili.tary powers decide to have any more of our children gaoled under the Compulsory (Military ' Training Act, and in our opinion, Labour should ■take a few weeks' holiday together, and stop the wheels of industry until the Act is repealed." It was also decided, ''That tbis .meeting of general labourers- forward a cable message congratulating Torn Mann and Ms comrades, mho have been sent to ■gaol, for their principles, and that the message be sent through Mr Keir | Bardie, MJ."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10593, 27 March 1912, Page 5
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139ANTI-MILITARISTS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10593, 27 March 1912, Page 5
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