TO FIGHT FOR AUSTRALIA.
VALUE OF MILITARY TRAINING.
At a social held at Sydney laet week by the South African Soldiers' Association, Colonel Antill congratulated the Government in bringing about compulsory training. and added that individuals who neglected this obligation had no right to claim privileges from the country in which they lived. The scheme had. only been in operation for a few months, and up to the present matters had been progressing very well. The day would come when , they would have to tight if -they wished to hoiu Australia. Some people said, As long ae the British flag sails the ocean we will have nothing to fear." There was'no nation in the world that had not at some time met defeat, and the time was coming when they would have to put their shoulders to the wheel and defend Australia. "Wo must make ourselves equal to, if not better," said Colonel Antill, in conclusion, " than those nations which are most likely to attack us." ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14806, 9 October 1911, Page 5
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166TO FIGHT FOR AUSTRALIA. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14806, 9 October 1911, Page 5
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