MOBILISING DOMINIONS' MAN POWER.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13927, 9 July 1917, Page 6

MOBILISING DOMINIONS' MAN POWER.

CANADA ENDORSES CONSCRIPTION BY BIG MAJORITY. AUSTRALIA J3 ONLY ALTERNATE PAILJ3,t \ i —v j.' - , (Renter's lelegrniiis) "'' «m a *>> ' OTTAWA, Julv 6 Tlip FioncliCiii.uli.m nniPiidiiiPiil In sliihc tin Consr 1 iplinn Bill ioi si\ months, was diluted ])\ Km milis to ( ) b» Willud Liunoi «. amoiiflinoiil nioMdm'g toi ,i lefeipiidmn was defeated by 111 votes to 62. ' -

, ' . OTTAWA, July 6."'', / 1 The House of Representatives passed the Conscription Bill by.: ' 116 votes' to 55. ; . ; , ; : ■'"'' ■".-' p : ',' ,J : The Rt. Hon W. M.' Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia,.' ftlf^ dressing a recruiting meeting,, said: If voluntaryism,fails^'con^. scription is the only alternative." , ■■■.,/.-;■< ; . (Australian and Router); : ■■ >•,.>.;■. . ..Received July 8, at : '"'' : ,' ';"'•-'• ' : ; '-.: OTTAWA, 7uly 7.'The' Conscription Bill has been read a second time by 118 votes'.; ; to 55. .-. ' ■ ■•■: ...";' ■■ .(Australian and Renter). • i; , ■ ■ Received July 8, at 5.5 p.m. '■,'■■ ■!,■;■? OTTAWA, July 7. ' '( There is a' chorus of approval in the press at/the passage of tte"; Conscription Bill. = The size of the majority is held,to.indicatc the"* true feeling of the country. ,' ■ . - : Sir Robert Borden is busy with the formation of a coalition and <» a .business Government is expected. The income tax and other measures for the conscription of wealth will follow. ■''"'.