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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 6, 6 February 1902, Page 7

In the three years before the institution of old age pensions the amount expended by the South Canterbury Hospital and Charitable Aid Board whs £7363 10s ; in the Fame period since, £6280 4b 6d. Mb. A. W. Hogg, M.H.R., ppeaking at Masterton, said that expenditure on Pefence this year was nearly double that of last year, and more than was set apart for roads and bridges had been voted to the military to waste. The Colony required a strong hand to pull it out of the military quicktand. Dealing with the war, he raid no war in which the Bntith Army had been engaged for the last century had b*en more deplorable in itß consequences. The sacrifice of the livtf of women aud children must be regarded with pain and regret. While the exploits of tbe New Zealanders must be admired, he trusted that on due reflection the State would Bee the desirability of directing the aspirations and energies of the young New Zealander to a holier and nob'er direction than the field of battle.