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PREMIER'S DEFINITE ASSURANCE [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, February 20. A definite assurance that the Labour Government was opposed to conscription in all forms was given by Mr Savage when a deputation from the National Peace Council waited on him this morning. The deputation asked that the compulsory clauses in the Defence Act be repealed. Mr Savage said there were a lot of Acts on the statute books for which the Government was not responsible and which would not be there much longer. Compulsory military service was one of those. The Government was opposed to conscription in all forms.
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Evening Star, Issue 22578, 20 February 1937, Page 14
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102OPPOSED TO CONSCRIPTION Evening Star, Issue 22578, 20 February 1937, Page 14
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