THE GRIERSON INQUIRY.
CLEARING HIS NAME. <By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. When Mr. A. D. Thomson sat as a Royal Commission to-day to inquire into the caee of Lieutenant Grierson, who did not depart with the Tenth Reinforcements in consequence of statements having been made regarding his nationality, Mr. Wilford (appearing for Madame Boeufve, and Mr. Payne, MP.), raised an objection that the Commission had not been properly 6et up under the Commission of Inquiries Act. He contended that military officers should be appointed by the Governor, not by the Government, that the inquiry was not one arising out of administration of the Government. Mr. Thomson ruled against this contention, and the inquiry proceeded. Evidence was given by Lieutenant Grierson and also by his uncle, Mr. John Grierson, of Auckland, that the family was of Scotch and of English descent for many generations.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 70, 22 March 1916, Page 7
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