PASSIVE RESISTERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 58, 7 March 1912, Page 2

PASSIVE RESISTERS.

VI 'l THS BK FORE "XT-IT.'''.' COURT. \ ; l'ic Police ( '"in rft'n ; s afternoon :.,-e- youths, named ('.. VV. Williams. !•-. Tur'nan. mill .1. I. 11. il-enkin. pleaded .. i guiltv" to i barge-- of failing to ,-, ivpi.v with Hie provisions of the com---ii-•-.! v defence regulations. Williams said he had qualifiri] lis a i.-hmteer, and cnnside.red' he shoul'd .he i •:. ir.pt. 'Besides, lie had a mother and f i ir children to sirppnrt..«and could mit .-;i.>:-, 1 time oIT for drill. When informed by the Magistrate II,;,; |,e could eoi he exempted, he reiilic.l that principles wrwld not allow hi,,, ~, undertake coTrrrHilwrry training. .lenkin advanced the cncziw that his work us a fireman on tl drr-dgp would nr,t, allow him to drill, and 1 his case was adjourned) till the JOth, -tn allow him (.. make arrangements. Williams and Tnrnnn. •mgetlMT with f-.cral other yotiths pleading "guilty" i i -im.ilar charge*, were«convicted and i.c.-d £2 and costs. Those eallwi forward up to time of „,,„„ ,r> press were: —H. P. Kus-cll. .T. J;i<;tvr*. Tl. Ilawkes. 11. .lomss. H. Thompson. E. W. Herring. \V. J. Mills, I:. 11. Horning, and A. SUitcliffe. It is understood that over 40 youths are being proceeded against, in this manner. ( Proceeding.)