CANTEEN SCANDALS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 84, 15 May 1914, Page 7

CANTEEN SCANDALS.

DEFENDANTS ON TRIAL.

LENGTHY HEARING EXPECTED.

' By .Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright, j (Received May 15, 8.50 a.m.) | LONDON, May 14. The canteen ease trial has begun at the Old Bailey. It-is,expected to last for 3, fortnight. " The defendants are charged with conspiracy. It is alleged that bribes have been paid by the civilians, of whom nine are summoned, to the Army men, with the object of securing contracts for canteen business. The defendants are:— ' Military. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Col. C. H. T f Whitaker (formerly in command of the Yorkshire Light Infantry at Malta), Hon. Lieut, and Quartermaster William James Armstrong, Ser-geant-Major George Petcliy Bennett, Hon. Lieut, and Quartermaster .Tames Burns, Hon. Lieut, and Quartermaster Thomas Henry Johnson, Hon. Lieut, and Quartermaster William Kelly, StaffSergeant Thomas Millward, Hon. Captain and Quartermaster George E. Mitchell, Hon. Captain and Quartermaster Charles Quarell. Civilian. (All connected with Li'pton, Ltd.) John Cansiield (general manager and a director), Archibald Minto (manager general stores department), James C. Craig, Daniel Lynch, Andrew Laing, Frederick William Owen, Edward Arthur Pegley, Alfred Swain, James Ross Ness.