DEFAULTERS' DETENTION
PENALTIES ON CONSCIENCE, by Lincoln Efford. Caxton Press, Christchurch, THIS i is the best survey of the problem of conscientious objection that has so far appeared in New Zealand. In spite of his burning convictions, which he knows that very few share, the author writes with restraint, and with respect for the convictions of other people. "He has also had the wisdom to employ a printer who could be trusted to tempt the reader typographically. It is not one of those shabby pamphlets in which so many forlorn cases end, but an_attractive booklet of 60 pages arranged to make reading éasy. Nor is it merely an argument. It\is that ‘primarily-an argument against | war: andthe "social systems and ‘modes. of thought that make for war." But it is also a pamphlet of reference-a carefully compiled record of the steps taken by the Government and people of New Zealand between 1939 and 1945° to deal with’ those who refused, on conscientious ‘grounds, to serve in the armed forces,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 331, 26 October 1945, Page 6
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168DEFAULTERS' DETENTION New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 331, 26 October 1945, Page 6
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