GAS WORKERS OPPOSE CONSCRIPTION
(P-A.) AUCKLAND, Sept. 30. The _ Auckland gas workers overwhelmingly voted against compulsory military service at the annual general meeting of their union today. Speakers said that peacetime conscription was a totalitarian edict irreconcilable with democratic government. Officers elected included the following: President, Mr. G. P. Graydon; vice-president, Mr. C. C. Earlee; secretary, Mr. J. Kane.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22757, 1 October 1948, Page 3
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59GAS WORKERS OPPOSE CONSCRIPTION Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22757, 1 October 1948, Page 3
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