THE EMPIRE DEFENCE.
INSURANCE AND SOLDIERY. -A NEW DEPARTURE. QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT. By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. ' ' London, March 3. The Alliance Assurance Company has announced that all new ; clerks will be obliged to join the Territorial forces before engagement by the company.' '["■ . ' In reply to Radical questions, Mr. Haldane (Secretary of State for War) said he heartily approved of the idea. On behalf of the Labour party, Mr. F. W. Jowett (Labour member for West Bradford) gave notice of motion condemning ; Mr. Haldane, on the ground that the Alliance Company's action is a specious form of conscription.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14000, 4 March 1909, Page 5
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