THE DEFENCE SCHEME.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 80, 24 May 1911, Page 3

THE DEFENCE SCHEME.

a. POINT CLEARED UR.; By Telegraph. —Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. In regard to tlie non-registration of persons liable for compulsory training under the Defence Act, there is believed to be an impression in some minds'that if persons fail to register ami pay the subsequent duo they exempt, themselves. This, however, is not so; they will still require, to register. A TIT T UDE OF THE PR ES BV TE UIA N CHURCH. Dunedin. Last Night. At a special meeting of the Dunedin Presbytery to-day,'"‘theixrrwafr a lengthy discussion on thee’qucstibli! of military training of cadets and the Presbytery's relation thereto.,'and) (on-ithe subject of nominating military chaplains. Some of (be speakers. w,erej. in. favor.,.ofY. .the churches assistii)g ( ip the movement, but others ’showed an uncompromising, bos-; Hlity, and eventually a motion was carried, by IS to (5,-. (protecting agaiust the formation of denominational companies of cadets, and expressing, the opinion that churches as, such should take no part in the formation of cadet companies. An amendment in favor of commending the request of the Government to the session was rejected.