PUBLIC OPINION
AN INHUMAN PROPOSAL
To the Editor “N-K. Time*.’* ;Sii*,—The anuoujiceineut that tho age for conscription is to ho lowered to boje* of IS year* of age is the most inhuman projjosi-tion resorted to in this aincc the commencement of tne war The parents of New Zealand "ill lu ‘ vej tolerate it. Why E such u project von tamplated? Tho Second Division raised no objection aeainst couscnpoion. but have reasonably demanded that tae.i dependents should be decently provide, for. V most reasonable setoff for their services. It is that last shilling whirl, is the stumbling block—the power ol the squatters’ moneybags which is behind this political niece of cowardice. the Premier’s boast about the last. man and tho last (drilling is good. no longer does he use that proud phrase. I >-a.y yes, and the last man to have tho List shilling. Hands off! Leave us our infants. our sacrifice is sufficient other-wtse.-I am, eic., R 00I)mm Pitt street, M'adestown. August 13th, 191"..
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9738, 14 August 1917, Page 3
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164PUBLIC OPINION AN INHUMAN PROPOSAL New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9738, 14 August 1917, Page 3
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