MILITARY SERVICE.
iD^Atf IX HOUSE o¥ COMMONS "". .SPEECH! BY~&, G. RiElp. L6XEiON, January 19. Mr Longs amendment .to theuMilitarj SerVpce- Bill, exempting , those wlio' -Jbad attained the age -of j4L.yQ«ars. .before the upjipiinted <li»to;,.Tras carried., il. _', " .'" I Sir J. A. Simon, who resigned from tho Cabinet over- the Bill,V imWed , an amendment providing, that men ■ may apply ita a tribunal .m order to deter ■ minp whether they are entitled to.' a certificate of exemption, and iff > not so entitied that they shall be deemed to have, enlisted. < , , , . ..... {; M> Asquith said he recognised/ that tho\. amendment was not fatal to the governing . ,pin-.poae of the" Bill, jxifc -lie considered scheme of. the Bill .preferable. Under tlit. Bill . appeals., could be heard by three impartial, tribunalsSir Geo. Iteidi (ex-Commonwealth High Cfommissioner), m . his* maiden speech, made an excellent He said nothing 1 ,lesa than an immediate obligation -to gerve :, could- meet the gravity of tho. situation/ The interests of Britain lequu-ed.ihe BiJi.\ - lie was •hoi ..a compulsionist m the ordinary sense — AustraKknar were ruthless/ democrats—bn.t undei* 4 their Defence Act every man of. 18 to ,60 was "liable to serve.- He concluaed t ''While the glory of Parliament in> peace times' is 1 inquiry into abuses, when, the flames of destruction . aye' approaching! the. fabric of our Kberty, let us save; our house* first." .' ' • Mr Long, on behalf- of tho.Xmperial Parliament, thanked Sir Geo. Reid* for his -powerful wordfc .arid. counsel. <v»^ .— The amendmient was negatived "by 282 votes to 53. . ... .. ' J Mf, Joseph. A. Pease has been appoint- 1 eti. Poßtmaster-GerieraL .."',-! ' ,' / i- (Received Jan- 20, 8.30 a. in.) . ' LONDON", January J9. In tho House of "Oommons an amendment wa& : carried 'applying 'comipuilsioh. to unmarried subjects becoming residents :iii Britain. after August 15th. last. The Laborites accepted, a Government amendment intended to remove the risk of industrial compulsion. :: ;' <'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13896, 20 January 1916, Page 5
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