CITIZEN TRAINING SCHEMES
TO BE IN\ ESTIG ATED. “The abolition of the compulsory military training has had something to do with the great increase in juvenile crime,” said Rev. J. D. Smith in the Presbyterian General Assembly. "Since military training went out, magistrates have been commenting on juvenile crime,” he continued. “There is about three times as much of such crime on Sunday than on other days. This shows how leisure can affect young people.” To counter this he moved that the assembly request the Government to start a compulsory citizens training scheme without any military features. The speaker thought we had a good chance of pursuad.ng the Government to act. Especially as the Methodist Church had expressed its mind. “We need such discipline training for the preservation of democracy and to keep
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 278, 24 November 1936, Page 11
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133CITIZEN TRAINING SCHEMES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 278, 24 November 1936, Page 11
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