SATURDAY PARADES.
DETRIMENTAL TO SPORT. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WANKJAMJ3, this day. At a. meeting of the Rugby Union last night the president strongly criticised, compulsory military parades on Saturday afternoons, which he said interfered with sport. If the Defence Department could not make soldiers of boys between the years of fourteen and twenty-one they should give up their jobs." A resolution was carried, '-That compulsory military training should cease at 21 years of age."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19220328.2.41
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 74, 28 March 1922, Page 4
Word Count
74SATURDAY PARADES. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 74, 28 March 1922, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in