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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 885, 11 December 1916, Page 11

STATEMENT BY FEDERATION. AN AUTHORITATIVE DENIAL. ENJOINS OBEDIENCE TO LAW. WELLINGTON, December 11. The following statement is issued by (he New Zealand Catholic Federation: —• "The New Zealand Catholic Federation has learned with deep regret of a rumour or report, circulated chiefly amongst the mining population of the West Coast, that the Federation is opposed to the principle of conscription, and is lending its support to the anti-conscription movement. The general secretary of the Federation is authorised to issue