COMPULSORY SERVICE.
SYDNEY, June 27. Lord Dudley (the Governor-General) >day opened the military college situted at Duntroon homestead, in the 'ederal capital area. He declared that he adoption of compulsory service in Lustralia and New Zealand was jrreat testimony to the deternination of the inhabitants to place hemselves in a position for effective deence. In welcoming the New Zealand •adets, he said that all were glad that ;he Dominion had joined Australia in ;his undertaking, and he hoped the Australian and New Zealand cadets would make firm friendships that would lead to a closer bond between two countries which stood as sentinels for the Empire in these Southern seas.
(Received 9.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Earl Dudley told the cadets at Dunstroon College that the discipline would be Severe: They were not there to play, talTto work, and had to -teblish a standard for the area officers of Australia and New Zealand. The college would be known as the Royal Military College.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 152, 28 June 1911, Page 5
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