CONSCRIPTION ISSUE
Sir, —It is time we had conscription when people who have sons say to parents whose boys have enlisted and ;ire in camp that their boys have reached tho ago of sense and will hot go to camp. "It is the poor, senseless mugs who are carried away with a little excitement who have gone to camp," was what one woman said to another, whose sons are _in camp. These so-called Britishers evidently forget that if these lads had not gone to camp their dear feather-bed bo.vs would be forced to go. It is terrible to think of what some mothers and fathers are suffering from tho talk of so-called friends. I hope some other pen will take this matter up and perhaps something could he done to distinguish the brave young heroes from those who are waiting for a good job vacated by one going to camp. Soumkii's F.x-Sim.mkr Father.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23482, 20 October 1939, Page 13
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153CONSCRIPTION ISSUE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23482, 20 October 1939, Page 13
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