MILITARY TRAINING
NO RESORT TO COMPULSION By Telegranh -Presp AssorlaTlor WELLINGTON, July 16. The suggestion that the Government may reintroduce compulsory military training was given an emphatic denial by the Minister of Defence, Hon. F. Jones, in an interview last evening. The adoption of compulsory military training, said the Minister, had never been suggested, nor is it Intended. Mr Jones said that the question of the reorganisation of the land forces of the Dominion was under consideration, and had been under consideration for some time. As he already announced he hoped to be able to make a statement as early as possible.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20781, 16 July 1937, Page 13
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102MILITARY TRAINING Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20781, 16 July 1937, Page 13
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