AN OFFICER'S PROMOTION.
HEKOR CAUSES TROUBLE.
4gßy Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)
W-fvLLIXCTOX, this day
THe dissatisfaction among Territorials at Masterton, owing to the appointment as lientenan-t of an officer without suitshle qualifications, seems to have been we fl founded, but the Defence authorities at headquarters explain that the trouble arose through an error in a "Gazette" announcement. TThc individual whose claims were alleged to }iave been specially favoured because of H"-h social -position, should, it seems, have been gazetted simply as second lieutenant on probation, subject to passing examination. The official announcement which caused so much resentment mentioned his rank as lieutenant.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 296, 11 December 1912, Page 11
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100AN OFFICER'S PROMOTION. Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 296, 11 December 1912, Page 11
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