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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 66, 19 March 1938, Page 21

WARNING NOTE.

WAR CLOUDS IN EUROPE. * "RESOLUTION'S XOT ENOUGH." {By Telegraph.—Press Association.) TIMARU. Friday. Dealing with what he described a« an unpopular subject, tlie Leader of the Opposition, tlie Hon. A. Hamilton, in a sjieech at Timaru to-ni<rht. referred to defence matters. He said that no one liked war or thought of war. but he believed that one of tlie State's duties was to attend to the defences of the country. It was 110 use setting up lujrU standards within a country unless the country was prepared to defend those standards. '"While war clouds are jratlierinpr in Europe to-day we are following a policy of eat, drink and l>e merry," said Mr. Hamilton. The mere passing of resolutions was not enough. J ho country had three defence arms, land, sea and air. all of which were of value, continued Mr. Hamilton, but air defence would have to be developed most. Xew Zealand paid 9/ per head of population for naval defence, whereas in Britain the cost was 4."i/ per head. Xew Zealand was not doing her dutv in this res-pect.

have to develop and encourage a defence cot science," said the speaker. 'We have to encourage a sense of duty to defend our own country. AVe have to examine our defence system and see to it that we do our dutY."