AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE FORCES.
♦ LABOUR GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE. (THB PRESS Special Service.] I AUCKLAND, November 5. I There are few regrets at the decision of the Labour Government in Australia to abolish the compulsory militarv training system, according to Colonel J. P. Stevenson, who returned to Auckland by the Maheno this mornjn g. "It must not be thought that Australia will be defenceless," said Colonel Stevenson. "The Labour Government intends to concentrate on air an<l naval defence, especially the former. Shortly before he left Sydney, Colonel Stevenson was in conversation with a military man, who stated that while a skeleton force would probably be retained, a number of permanent staff men would be thrown out of work. He expressed the opinion that although more would be spent on the Air Force and Navy, a big saving wculd be made.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19769, 6 November 1929, Page 4
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