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EMPIRE DEFENCE NOT MENTIONED IN N.Z. (Per Press Association.)' WELLINGTON, last night. When the Minister of Defence, the Hon. J. G. Cobbe, was asked to-day to comment en the cabled message from London regarding Sir .Maurice II an key s tour through the Dominions, he said it would be foolish to take any notice ol it. When Sir Maurice whs in New Zealand the question of conscription as a means of strengthening, the 'Empire defences was never raised.
"Nobody ever spoke of conscription here," the Minister said. "In the discussions with 'Sir Maurice Hankey 1 never heard the term used."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18596, 5 January 1935, Page 12
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101CONSCRIPTION Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18596, 5 January 1935, Page 12
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