All we have is worth holding * * * ' ' smSISr , WF» .'WWW fw *wik » i# W " ' ' ' Uss Jr l S™h; ;>•<- lj|r 1 A 'W£. ’, J * j-,-w-» •♦ _J»J* , .-■•->•.• TwaE*.JHBl & 4' t - **> \ M. -\S«£ JO L M 4ite->< ' Ik XWrWWIa v; -^fcA/ LETS KEEP^f I LT SECURE! n| X 1)1 FOR COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING TrlraM it is.necessary ... it is the only fair way ...it is the only effective way •' < 7* *?.. . ■ *S / The scheme for Compulsory Military Training is necessary to ensure the defence of our People, our Country \. A I and our Commonwealth. Ilißk * W C Our nation is not justified in taking risks. by being irresponsible about the future, particularly when facing || W g S the stark fact£ of the present world situation. M YOU must cast your vote FOR Compulsory Military Training if you wish to keep New Zealand secure ... . . . safe . . . strong. f HERE ARE THE FACTS: W“ \ 1 Twice in 25 years we have had to defend ourselves success- Sound training in modern defence methods protects our | \ A fully against aggressors, but at appalling cost. Prepared mcn ' • . strength is our best insurance that it will not happen again. A A compulsory system is the only fair way. It is also the 6 only way that can effectively meet the needs. It is the fair 2 The United Nations has not, up to the present, fulfilled the way, the democratic way, the efficient way. hopes of its founders. It has not given us international law -p Q p re p arec j j s to guard the peace. Preparation is one —— ***“ l— *** and order, peace and security, as we hoped it would. We 3 deterrent which aggressors understand. To be capable of cannot afford to take risks in a dangerous world in which self-defence is not to be war-minded. A vote for Compul- I . Tualmlna CrhamO forms of dictatorship threaten. sory Mrtitary Trait.i» £ is a vote agaiost war. I Tlte CompillSOry Military Twining >0161116 The Compulsory Military Training scheme is this: Young men, on A lfMil w If A f a thic UIQV \ reaching the age of 18 years, will spend 14 weeks in camp in the first v3SI yOUi lUlv uiiv iwoy — * ’nintL \ y car - Then the y wiU havc 14 days in camp 6 days out_of ' <amp I raW training during each of three succeeding years. They will then be posted IoAVM - ni i \ to the reserve for 6 years, but no training will be required of them STRIKE OUT THE BOTTOM LINE ISSUED BY THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT
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Wanganui Chronicle, 27 July 1949, Page 8
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