Canty Students Support Govt.

Canterbury Correspondent

A Special General Meeting of the Canterbury University Students' Association decided a fortnight ago that it approved the government's action in sending troops to South Vietnam.

A Similar meeting a week before had decided just the opposite.

Four hundred and sixty-seven students attended the meeting, which was called after students had signed a requisition for a second SGM.

The motion approving the government's action was first declared lost on voices.

However, when a division was taken it was declared carried by 276 to 175, with 16 abstentions.

A motion that the association "believes that the firm measures taken are in keeping with the desire of the South Vietnamese people for freedom and democracy" was carried. 220 to 189.