ATTEXDANCE AT PARADES.
I POPULAR "MILITARISM." |[ :c LESSON FROM WEST COAST. . J \ [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CmuSTCHTRrH, Tuesday. ' ruß officer commanding the Canterbury , Military District has returned to head- ' quarters after a tour of inspection in Nclon and Westland. Certain parte of West and have in the past been qurfted as being | ,he hotbed of anti-militarism, and it lias - >een freely stated that in some centres not ( i single lad was parading. ' , The officer is of opinion that what- i sver may have been the state cf i ifiairs in the past, there has been a re- ] markable development of territorial and senior cadet training on the West Coast, l'he parade states of the senior cadet companies in area-group 11, comprising the people of the West.and Land District and i portion of the Nelson district, afforded a :omplete refutation of some of the statements made by the opponents of military training. The following table of parade states of senior cadet companies in the irea at the inspections held by the commanding officer give some remarkable
Absent Strength. Present, without leave. Beeftonj 69 63 0 Blackball ... 23 19 2 Runanga ... 29 23 6 Greymouth ... 70 46 5 Greymouth ... 119 87 H Hokitika ... 74 74 0 Brunnorton ... 22 21 0 Denniston ... 70 70 0
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15554, 11 March 1914, Page 10
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