TREATMENT OF CO.'S
COUNTY COUNCIL'S VIEWS
(P.A.) NAPIER, February 16. The Hawke's Bay County Council decided to request the Government to repeal clause 21 of the Military Service Act so that all conscientious objectors, whether their appeals are dismissed or not, should be sent to a defaulters' camp. One councillor said that if a reservist could square his appeal with the Act he was exempted from service and henceforth wore a smug smile of satisfaction at having gained his freedom. All conscientious objectors should be sent to a defaulters' camp. "Or to gaol." said another councillor.
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 40, 17 February 1942, Page 6
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