NATIONAL SERVICE.
DOMINION AS EXAMPLE.
LORD DENMAN'S ADVOCACY. (Received June 1, 1.15 a.m). London, May 31. Lord Denman, former Governor- , General of Australia, in a letter to the Times, advocates national military service. As a first step he suggests that all men in the country should be registered and classified according to age, trade and occupation. He bases his arguments on the experience of New Zealand and Australia.
COMPULSORY TRAINING.
CERTAIN TO COME." (ileceived June 1, 1.45 a.m.). Sydney, May 31. Major Hunt, M.P., in a cable message to the secretary of the British Immigration League, states that the majority of people in Britain are slowly realising what war means, and that compulsory military training is absolutely certain now. The new coalition Government will be a great help in accomplishing this.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15932, 1 June 1915, Page 8
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