OUR DISGRACE.
THE .NEW ZEALAND RENEGADE. " HUMOUR OF illS PARENTAGE,' ■■ WELLINGTON, August -22. "• The Minister of Defence has not received detailed information in connection with, the ..desertion'to the enemy; of a' member" of the 'New Zealand Forces. Probably 1 the report is coming by'maik If the.faMs'are:'as:slaled in the published conimiimeatiqns,'!he, Government nifty, decide to figlileh the rules regarding "■enlistment : 'of' risen '.of/German or Austrian' descent/ ■; At; present a'' man. '' whose father was bohrin' Germany but was:naturalised;before:his son's birth, is; regarded as a British subject for the purposes" of enlistment. The authorities also p'ermitthe enlistment of sons whose parents were'naturalised after ".he ion's birth, in some cases where the loyalty of the parties is regarded as' assured. The deserter is said to have been the. 3on of a naturalised German,
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North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13656, 25 August 1916, Page 3
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129OUR DISGRACE. North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13656, 25 August 1916, Page 3
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