SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) * NEW PLYMOUTH. February 13
Among appellants against military service who appeared before the Armed Services Appeal Board at New Plymouth today was a 21-year-old farm hand who said that since he was seven years old he had belonged to the Society of Friends. He objected to any service • under military control. The appeal was allowed, the board recommending that alternative service be granted. The father produced evidence' of membership of the society. Twentyfive years ago he and his five brothers had been conscientious objectors, he said. During the past twenty years he had been an active worker for peace. "What were the decisions in the appeals in England?" asked the Crown ■repress-" . Witness: "I was given two years hard labour." The witness said that objectors were imprisoned for a few months and then taken back to camp, being returned to prison when they again objected. He served altogether three years. i
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 38, 14 February 1941, Page 9
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