GENERAL NOTICES I PATRIOTIC AUCTION SALE. 'AT THE MART, TO-MOKROW (Fri.') /~<OODS to be sold for Patriotic Funds are solicited. Please leave with Mr. ,P. P. Stevens on or before Friday.
BEAVERBROOK’S NEW ROLE
(British Official Wireless) (Rec. 14, 12.45) RUGBY, May 13. The Prime Minister, Mr Churchill, stated in the House of Commons to-day Miat Lord Beaverbrook, who was recently appointed Minister of State, would discharge th e special Cabinet duties assigned to a member of the Defence Committee of the War Cabinet. Lord Beaverbrook would also act as a referee on priority questions. NO CONSCRIPTION FOR CANADA OTTAWA, May 11 The Canadian Minister of Defence, Colonel Ralston, in the Budget debate, rejected a Conservative demand for compulsory enlistment for overseas troops. He said that this demand would be an unwelcome blow against the unity of Canada-
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 114, 15 May 1941, Page 2
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