MINISTERS IN GAOL.
m ■■< . -.-'■ ■ ■ WILL THEY BE REIJ-EASED? (From Our Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, last night. Dr. Newman inquired of the Defence Minister yesterday afternoon if, as a' 1 consequence of exemption by the House on the previous night of all ministers of religion, he would give orders for the release of two or three clergyman belonging to the Testimony of Jesus who are now m prison for refusing to perform .military service? Sir James Alien replied : The Bill is . not passed yet, and I cannot say what 'will be the position when it ia passed. It is, m imy ease, not for me to decide whether they come within the four /corners of v the Act or not. It will be for the Military Service Boards to dei cide. ' ;
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14439, 27 October 1917, Page 7
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