WARLIKE PREPARATIONS
COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING. CHURCH SYNOD RESOLUTION. BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. ASHBURTON, Nov. 17. The South Canterbury district Methodist Synod carried a. motion : “That in view of Sir \Yi 11 i;tin Robertson s trenchant attack on war, we believe that warlike preparations are both uneconomic! and un-Christian, and we believe that the church should definitely set its face against a continuance of compulsory military training. "We believe that the present system is inimical to the best interests of our nation, and suggest the adoption of the British voluntary system.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 17 November 1927, Page 9
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89WARLIKE PREPARATIONS Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 17 November 1927, Page 9
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