NATIONAL SERVICE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 May 1940, Page 9

NATIONAL SERVICE

URGENT NEED STRESSED. AUCKLAND RESOLUTIONS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, May 20. The urgent need for a national register, universal national service, a war council and the immediate internment of all enemy aliens in the Dominion was stressed at a meeting of more than 300 people tonight. Those present included a large number of returned soldiers, some from outlying districts, farmers, city business men and other representative citizens. Four resolutions were carried unanimously amid applause. They were:— “That this meeting of loyal New Zealanders endorses the resolution which has been unanimously adopted by Returned Soldiers’ Associations throughout New Zealand, urging the immediate introduction of a national register and universal national service and pledges itself to support the Government to the utmost in giving effect to this policy. “This meeting urges the immediate establishment of a War Council to direct and co-ordinate our war effort under the chairmanship of a strong and driving personality.” “This non-political meeting demands that the Government immediately interns all enemy aliens at present in New Zealand, and prevents the immigration of more.” The fourth resolution established a national service committee of 50 members, with power to add, to further the national service scheme.