MILITARY DEFAULTERS.
NO MORE PHf'ShGUTIONS.
ARMiISTICE DAY AMNESTY
(Special Correspondent.)
WELLINGTON, This Day
"Cabinet has decided that there shall be no more pro* ecutions of conscientious objectors or defaulters," said the Prime Minister in the House yesterday. "I don't know that we have any conscientious objectors in prison now; I think there are a few defaulters in prison. This decision will operate from the anniversary of Armistice Day, little less than a month from now.
"I want to make it perfectly clear that what is intended 'by 'Cabinet will not affect defaulters who have not done their duty during the war period and consequently have been deprived for.a period of civil and political rights. The decision will not interfere with 'them in the slightest."
iMr Witty (Riccarton) : Does it meian that those shirkers who have not yet been caught will not foe bothered about?
Mr Massey: Yes. ' We understand a number of men are still in hiding; I don't know where.
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Northern Advocate, 20 October 1920, Page 3
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