HOME GUARD APATHY
(0.C.) HAMILTON. Thursday "Unless or until we get a bo||ib or two dropped on the town, the peop 0 will not wake up to their obligations, said the Mayor of Hamilton, Mr. D. Caro, when expressing his disgust at what he described as tho appalbng apathy of the people with regard to defence measures, at a meeting held a Hamilton East last night, with to object of forming a unit of the Home Guard. The night was very wet, n" there was an attendance of only » nwnv of whom had already enrolle
Mr. Caro said he thought tho P osl tion was that the people of New Zealand were too well fed and cared f° r » and they had become lazy and careless.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23920, 21 March 1941, Page 6
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126HOME GUARD APATHY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23920, 21 March 1941, Page 6
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