UNIVERSAL TRAINING.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 285, 5 June 1909, Page 5

UNIVERSAL TRAINING.

m> Fpress association. J WELLINGTON, yesterday. Meetings in support of tire, agitation in favor of universal \ raining : were hold to-night in Wellington. ; Newtown, Kell)ourne, Worser Hay, ■ , and Petone. Tlie night was '.'.riny, nevertheless satisfactory nun !/>rs attended, and speeches were li.stvned to attentively. Resolutions in 'a/or of compulsory military train ing were i carried at all meetings, with little ■ opposition. . • NEW PLYMOUTH, last night. A meeting of the National. Defence • League to-night -passed a resolution ; favoring Universal military training. ;; PAHIATUA, to-day/ At a meeting of the- Chamber of Commerce held last night it was resolved that notwithstanding the enthusiasm of volunteers, the voluntary ' system does not provide adequate ' moans of defence. The Chamber, ; therefore, asks Government to introduce a system of universal > training of young men. • ' FEILDING, to-day. , Mr McNab had a laj-ge and enthusiastic meeting here last night, on the occasion of his lecture on universal training.. The address ..was on similar lines to those given elsewhere. At 1 tlie conclusion; i a motion was carried 1 in favor '-of adopting universal training. A meeting of the Feildirig branch of the National Defence League was afterwards held, and passed a motion asking Government to^!: introduce a system of universal military tra.ining for young men. ' - Resol utions in favor of iiniyersal , military training were aJso carried at meetings held at Masterton, Napier, . arid Nelson.