NATIONAL DEFENCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13905, 12 November 1908, Page 5

NATIONAL DEFENCE.

' INSTRUCTION OF THE YOUNG. ..." i The question of military training for the I young came up at .yesterday's meeting of - the Auckland Education Board, when a let- / . r ter •was received from the .Department of 7 - Education, asking for information as to the jjgv [ steps tliat were being taken to establish * miniature rifle ranges in the Board's . lefcook. .Wit - The Chairman of the Board (Mr. C. J. - ||| Parr) after ex preying lis approval of the -.r principle of instructing the youth of the Dominion in the use of the rifle, moved "That the architect and the officer* comi _•>* standing the school battalion be asked for S§V* ; report on the subject." He* had noticed 1 *'th pleasure that the majority of the present candidates for Parliament had taken up the question. .At present a great deal of interest was displayed by tho ' school cadets regarding their work, bat >;:'V there being no means provided for continu- , llflS-i 11 ?^' services of the boys after leaving school, a great deal of good material was 1 toot being turned to account. |ggg? Mr. J. D. McKenzie »poke to a similar 1 0 effect, and said that provision for mili- 1 tary training in addition to providing a < ;/(*_ means of national defence, would also have . m '. a Ko<>d effect in tending to keep tho bovs • °fi the streets. * illy ■The chairman's motion was carried 1 P§S !