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The debates on the Military Service Bill ended on Wednesday

night with a veritable triumph for the Government, the second reading being carried by the huge majority of 392, only 39 Members voting against the Bill and 431 for it. Thus the votes for increased by 28, while the votes against were reduced by 66. So much for "the great voice of the people" being against compulsion. It was a good omen that a debate which ended so happily was preceded by the swearing in of an Australian Member—Sir George Reid. Sir George comes front a Daughter Nation which can proudly claim to have set Iho Mother Country an example in the duty of the citizen to bear arms in the defence of his native land.

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