THE DEFENCE ACT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 10, 12 July 1910, Page 7

THE DEFENCE ACT.

APPRECIATORY REMARKS. The Farmers' Union has on its order paper for the present conference a lernit approving of the Defence Act. The president (ilr. 0. G. Wilson) expressed approval of the Act in his opening address to the confexence to-day. "During last session," he said, ''a Defence Act was passed, of the utmost importance to the welfai-e of the Dominion. Universal training was ' adopted, and I am suie, as \\\e have been consistent supporters of this principle, that we all li-eax-tily congratulate ti,e iHnistry and tho House on the passing of thif, measure. The visit of Lord Kitchener gave us the highest advice procurable as> t to the best means of carrying out tho provisions of the Act. The passing of ach an Act show* that Lor^ Roberts has spoken with more forct ly Australia and to us, although 16,000 miles away, than to the Old Country, a-nd it was jk> ,doubt &>i this reason, and oiu) .of compliment to ( the action of Australia, thai at the Na- , tional Defence League's banquet, ha called for three cheers for their le prebentative (Sir Geprgb Reid). In. </ur own way we haye tried to foster the use of arias, and under the rules adopted by tho last -conference, a competition for , the shield presented by the Colonial ■Ammunition Company took place, and although only three teaijja. '.v»H W& !*<• the comp,£tj.tion ihej'e wat, ~ good deal <ji interest eyinoed. I hope the competition iyill be better supported jiext season now that wo ha\e fairly got it staTtod. A gold medal is preseujtad to each member of tho « inning 1 learn as a memento of their success, and I have to coiufratulalo the team which repr£aen,ted the tarajMirauarti, bxan<:h>onj*3 excellent! win.."-