FARMERS AND DEFENCE.
♦ -- f: PBE CNITKI) PIIF.BB ARHOCUTION. WELLINGTON", July 21. Sir A. (ioslley (Commandant of' i lie Forctn) attended the Karnu'iV Conference when the tollowing remit wax discussed, "That the l)ei< ik-c Derartment be urged to consider the ettabli'dliliont of permanent, where men < .mid attend at unv periol <;l the .;enr." Sir A. (Jodley stated that if a m:in <«wkl go ami drill when lie likeil it would ij» away with the benefits to he :!<rivc.'l. It was imperative that thi- men and officers should gi t ficciistomed w» :ini> another and 1 this could only l*> bMiK'hi. ultout. li_v ti aiiiing-camr s twill" < lished at one and the same time. It wiis not proposed to hold large canity during the coming year, Fnrnwrs in t'ho future would not hive t'i pay t'l for forage n m| rations, tlic.-e Icin;' --neplied by the (iovcrnnient. Alter r long discusson the irmlt wan withdrawn.
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Mataura Ensign, 23 July 1914, Page 5
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153FARMERS AND DEFENCE. Mataura Ensign, 23 July 1914, Page 5
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