COMPULSORY TRAINING.
NAPIER RESOLUTION. Per Press Association. NAPIER May 20. A meeting under the auspices of the “No More War Movement” held in Napier to-night to consider the abolition of compulsory military training, carried the following resolution by a large majority:— “That this meeting of citizens of Napier urges upon the Government (1) speedy abolition of our compulsory system of military training as being inconsistent with British principles of freedom, irritating in its working,, ineffective as a means of defence, and excessive in its cost; (2) the substitution of a volunteer defence system with special attention to aviation and with a provision for the compulsory physical training of our young people (both boys and girls) under the control of the Education Department or other civil authority; and (3) that copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence.” The meeting was presided over bv the Mayor.
FAVOURED BY DUNEDIN MEETING. I Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, May 20. At a meeting of the committee of the Manufacturers’ Association tonight, a resolution in favour of. the continuation of compulsory military training was carried unanimously.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 147, 21 May 1930, Page 7
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188COMPULSORY TRAINING. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 147, 21 May 1930, Page 7
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