NATIONAL DEFENCE.
Sir,—-Tho late Artomus 'Ward might havei written somewhat oil tho following linos:' Now that military training is of such paramount importance, why should not our girls be put through a courso?. .Women in th^
dominion have boon, granted tho franchise, competing now with men, should they not take a share of the responsibility P During the last Boer War, it is recorded that many of the gontler (I) sex ably assisted in the defence of their country. Such a spirit also exhibited itself amongst our own fair ones, -in brave and pretty display, which iSSrt ,55?,?® un tf°nn in the excitement of 1899-1900. A Dreadnought is to be presented to the Empire; let the women of the New Zealand Dominion go "one better 1 \ by taking the lead in a movement which would emphasise that they, the weaker half, dread/nought for the Empire I —l am. etc., ' J. T. MARSHALL. April 28.-! - '
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 14
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154NATIONAL DEFENCE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 14
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