MILITARY TRAINING.
MEETING .OF PROTEST. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, July 21. The meeting of protest against, cbmpulsory - military .training, held last night,G was a doubtful success, from the promoters’ point of view. More than laalt of those present were young men- enthusiastically in favour of the scheme. Mr W. Bedford presided, and asked the‘audience to sing “Song of Revolt, No. 4.” This eventuated as a solo, but was speedily drowned hi. guffaws. A resolution- “ That this meeting is strongly opposed to compulsory military training, as it is in direct opposition to the great traditions of freedom upheld byBritain, and demand the repeal of the Act”—was supported by barely half the audience. The supporters of military training chon rose and cheered.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 129, 24 July 1911, Page 6
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