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TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —I observe that that Tory bo&k known sa the Ashburton - and Pastoral Association has passedJttj ' rc-solution urging the introduction®*, without d-elay, of a system of nfttaosuq* .service; lut it , has omitted ■to reobsof mend that the' Cfnscription Bill tSunLS ? • provide for the conscription of sH owners up to sixty-sive year® of SS^*;. who are capaßle of bearing aims. vEMfe landowners of this country (large WBi small) coxapris9 a considerable -nTnsD&R, of its inhabitants. They own the lantLi which is /ie souroe of all wealthy therefore ihey own the oountry. It.Utr consequently only right and properttro tbsy should he tne first to be called HW . to defend their country. Time WfiiL" in Encclavd when the landowners. to provid i the fighting men and jwjft for the uj>keep of the defenoe syrtggafij This was'one of the conditions which th&T held the land. WhyJyyyalcEv they not Ibe compelled to 1 do the same* now? —I i'sai, etc., RIGHT OEDEBativ.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11671, 11 April 1916, Page 5
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161CONSCRIPTION. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11671, 11 April 1916, Page 5
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