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Anti-Conscription Campaign Committee

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: c1917

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Anti-Conscription Campaign Committee, Canterbury leaflet

 Collection
Identifier: Arch 0847
Scope and Contents

Leaflet announcing a public meeting in the Choral Hall, Latimer Square of the Anti-Conscription Campaign Committee, Canterbury NZ, with text on the reverse giving the historical background.

The Anti-Conscription Campaign was a Labour Party initiative, as the text on this leaflet tells. Included is part of the text of Peter Fraser's speech at the second Anti-Conscription Conference in 1916, which led to his being tried for sedition, with others.

Dates: c1917