MILITARY SERVICE.
NEW DANISH SYSTEM.
ABOLITION OF CONSCRIPTION.
Australian and N.Z. Press Association. (Received May 1, 9.35 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, April 30.
The new Socialist Minister of Defence proposes to introduce voluntary military service and to abolish conscription. He lias decided that 1600 men shall be trained for four months of the year for •which they will be paid nine shillings a day. All youths of the requisite age will be summoned and medically examined by lots.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20244, 2 May 1929, Page 13
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