A MASS OF FALSEHOOD. In the London Labour Leader of September 2otJi there appears, under the headings: '.'.Military Training. What it means in New Zealand," almost the most astonishing mass of falsehood that the anti-militarists have yet contrived. "The Australian Freedom League," says the Leader, "has received a report from a reliable source Zealand that the Government is greatly alarmed over the growing opposition to compulsory military training." After this statement, says the Christchnrch Press, it is not surprising to hear that batches of hoys were marched through the streets under escort of soldiers with fixed bayonets, that the lads refused to do "work which they believed the waterside workers needed," that they were confined for 23 hours_a day in "separate small cells," and that the
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 14 November 1913, Page 4
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126Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 14 November 1913, Page 4
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