EVADING DRILL
CABLE NEWS
(United PreM Auociatum —Bffi Ekcr trie Ttkgrapkr-Copyright),
BOYS in THE CGMNWfcALTH SUGGESTION" BY A CORRESPONDENT TO A paper:
(Roots! ved August 28, 10 a.m.)
LONDON, August 27
A correspondent to the Daily 'News. alleges that the Commonwealth is faced witli tho necessity of prosecuting 20,000 boys who are evading drills. '■' Tho ofli.'rerj.:, ho says, aro unable tof, maintain discipline, and threaten to, resign if prosecutions are not insti- -\\ tuted. Tho suggestion is mado that: 'tho Federal authorities should pro- j •socute mem'bers of tho Australian, Freedom League on charges of ©edition.
CAPTAIN COLLINS EXPLAINS
/Received August 28', 1. 45 p.m.) LONDON, August 27.
Captain Muirhead Collins, private secretary, to Sir George Reid (High Commissioner for Australia), in an interview., explains how the Daily News misunderstood tho statistics relating to lads absenting ■themselves I from parados. Obviously, he states, ■the News was not aware that those absent, with or without leave, are permitted to attend, subsequent compensating parades. He quotes a statement made hy Senator Penrce, Federal Defence Minister, in the Senate.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10706, 29 August 1912, Page 5
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175EVADING DRILL Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10706, 29 August 1912, Page 5
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