COMMONWEALTH

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 146000, 5 December 1917, Page 3

COMMONWEALTH

THE CONSCRIPTION BATTLE. FLOODS OF ELOQUENCE. (Received Dec. 3, 2,30 p.m.) SYDNEY. Dec. 5. The stringency of the referendum regulations largely cut out the pamphlet and leaflet appeals and both sides, particularly the anti-conscriptionist arc relying more on platform work. The deluge of eloquence has reached such q pitch that a newspaper correspondent seriously suggests that ail reference from the platform and pulpit bo suppressed in order that the voter may go to the ballot calmly and undisturbed and be spared the pain this distressing discussion is causing. Mr. J.' B. Clarkson, as a visitor from New Zealand. said that Mr. Hughes had the hearty sympathy of everyone in New Zealand and hoped the people would vote as wished-