BRITAIN.
, -f- — MILITARY SERVICE BILL. - AGRICULTURAL WORKERS. ' (Australian and N.Z. Cabte Assn.) ' f rrn tt '/ LONDON,' March 30. • In House of Commons,, in committee, discussed the Military Service Bill, th* Government declined to exempt all agricultural workers, but Mr Bonar that as food production was a'p, least as important as getting soldiers, agriculture would recieve'special • consideration. - . , - Several members strongly denounced re-examining discharged men, especialJyitbose incapacitated on active service ' Mi R McKonna and Mr Winstoi" Churchill disputed the Government's figures as to the probable, results of •reexamination. They considered the Government was over optimistic. Mr Ma.crhcrson promised.'to complete" the estimate, v -
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16234, 2 April 1917, Page 8
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