MEN FOR SERVICE
MR J. HARGEST’S VIEWS COMPULSORY TRAINING (By Telegraph.—Special to Times) WELLINGTON, Wednesday The opinion that some form of compulsory military service was necessary to control man power effectively was expressed by Mr J. Hargest (Opposition—Awarua) during the second reading on the War Expenses Eill in the House of Representatives to-night. “We ought to be realists,” he said. “ The Government must plan, and it cannot do it unless it has compulsory military training. It must have the right to say who will go and who will not.” Referring to the size of any expeditionary force which might be sent away, Mr Hargest said he thought the force sent in the last war had been too large. The country had drained its resources of man-power to an extent that was not justified. “ By sending too many men we will curtail production, and we will send men who are too young,” Mr Hargest said. “ I do not believe it right to send men over 40 or under 21 to the war unless it is absolutely necessary.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20921, 28 September 1939, Page 9
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176MEN FOR SERVICE Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20921, 28 September 1939, Page 9
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