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REPORTED ADOPTION IN BRITAIN MEN BETWEEN 18 & 21. LEGISLATION CONSIDERED BY MINISTERS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, April 25. It is reliably stated that Cabinet has decided on the conscription of men between the ages of 18 and 21 years and that the Premier is announcing this in the House of Commons on Wednesday or Thursday. There are more than a million men available at these ages. They will probably be required to serve for four months in the army and after that for four years in the Territorials. It is expected that a Bill, providing the necessary powers, will follow the announcement as speedily as possible. Ministers met for two hours in the Premier's room at the House of Commons to consider specific proposals to submit to Parliament, after which the King unexpectedly gave Mr Neville Chamberlain an audience. The decision is understood to be the result of Army Council and French, Polish, Greek and Rumanian pressure.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 April 1939, Page 6
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