USEFUL WORK
CONSCIENCE OBJECTORS SUGGESTED FIRE WATCHERS (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. Replying in the House of Representatives to an urgent question by Mr. Lowry (Government, Otaki) concerning conscientious objectors, the Minister of Justice, Mr. Mason, said that approximately 650 persons had failed to convince the appeal boards of the genuineness of their conscientious objections. Others had not taken the trouble to appear before the boards. They had since defaulted in their military obligations and by magisterial direction had been placed in detention. „ „ Mr. Mason said that defaulters in the camps were required to undertake useful work. They were generally responding well to their obligations. The question of utilising the services of defaulters on outside work had been considered, but had been deemed to be inadvisable.
Referring to a suggestion contained in Mr. Lowry's question of using these men for fire watching and war work generally, Mr. Mason said that the services of such men in the particular sphere indicated could hardly be depended upon to give satisfaction.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 54, 5 March 1943, Page 2
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