MILITARY TRAINING
Sir.—To your correspondent "New Zealander,” whose nationality I rather uouoi, as he does not talk like a New Zealander, might I suggest that the “well-behaved and smartly turned-out young soldiers” were not the produc. of militarism, but of our excellent secondary schools? It is a pity that
"New Zealander” did not try to gat into conversation with the “foreigners” to find out where they came from, and welcome them to New Zealand, instead of regarding them with suspicion. One can only wonder whether they were Chinese, or Russian or German, or merely Irish. II they were D.P.’s. as might be. they have already had a term of six months or so at Paniatua camp, which resembles as near as possible a New Zealand secondary school, and does not waste time on military training, but makes them acquainted with New Zealand conditions. More is not called for.—Yours, etc., JOliN JOHNSON. January 23, 1951.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26328, 24 January 1951, Page 2
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