DISCIPLINE FOR GENERAL

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 248, 18 October 1924, Page 55 (Supplement)

DISCIPLINE FOR GENERAL

VICTORY OF A CONSTABLE. Stopped by a constable wbile motoring to a review in Hyde Park, Major-General Sir William Thwaites. officer commanding the 47th London Division, appeared before the Marlborough Street magistrate. He was summoned for aiding and abetting his chauffeur to drive on after being tol* to stop by a constable. The chauffeur, James Edward Jones, of the R.A.S.C., was summoned for danse'rou3 driving and for falling to stop. During the hearing of the case the magistrate (Mr. Mead) said It seemed to him that what was rankling in the General's mind was "this ealuting business." Sword Incident. Tile General said it was not rankling in his mm* art all. He was friendly disposed towards the police. i£r. Muekett (prosecuting for the police) said the matter of ealuting came to a head some time ago, when Hie question of an officer Btriilng a policeman with a sword came under consideration. The magistrate said he remembered the incident- well, and addeC that the salute by the police was an act of courtesy. A police-Inspector eald constables had Instructions, to salute military officers. Mr. Muskett said the General's chauffeur drove on the wrong side of a refuge in Waterloo Place, nearly colliding with an omnibus. The chanffeor stopped at the policeman's elgnaL but the General told the man to drive on. Motor Car Chase. Jumping on to another car, the constable then gave chase (Mr. Muskett added), overtaking the* General's car. The General said he was in a hurry and would report the matter to Brigadier-Gen-eral Horwood (the Commissioner of Police), ■which he did. General Horwood, however, insisted on the case being brought. The constable did not at firet realise there was a General in : the car, but he sainted after taking particulars. Giving evidence, the General said he asked the constable whait was the matter, bat the man paid no attention. When he said he had to be at Hyde Park at 6 o'clock, the constable replied, "I am perfectly well aware of that." The General added that when he told his chauffeur to drive on the man was "between the devil and the deep sea." He thonght the policeman treated him rather Insolently. , Jones wae fined £1 for driving in a dangerous manner and 1/ for the other offence. The General was fined £3 for aiding and abetting Jones In failing to stop.