THE LAST REMAINING SON.
RECOMMENDATION TO MILITARY
BOARDS.
(rr.ESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) A\ELLINGION, November 8. Among the provisions of tho Expeditionary Forces Act Amendment Bill which was chopped by the Government last, session owing to the failure of the House and Legislative Council to agreo legal ding the exemption of teachers, was a clause that exemption should bo granted in tho case .ail' a«y reservist who was the last remaining •■-on of his parents of military age, if three of his brothers had served, or were serving, in the present war. The loss of the Bill entailed the loss of this provision, which had been approved by both branches of the Legislature, but the -Military Service Boards have bo? 11 recommended by the Government to take into consideration the will of Parliament when dealing -ivith eases which would have eome within tho scope of the clause.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 16054, 9 November 1917, Page 6
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