SOLDIERS SENTENCED,
THREE GET TWO TEARS' HARD LABOUR.
Threo soldiers "at Trentham Camp having been found guilty by District Ccrurt-Martial on charges of "disobeying in such a manner aa to enow a wilful defiance of authority a lawful command given personally by his superior officer in the execution of his office, have oach been sentenced to impnaonment with hard labour for two reara Their names aro aa under: J
75323 Private H. S. Aitkenhoad. Detail* 57428 Private K. T. Morxiah, ' 75490 Private T. G. Coffey, Detail? | pother soldier, found guilty of desertinhis Majesty s eemco, has boon sententwl detention for 163 days. The sentence case, however, was mitigated eo that if the {° r activo wrvice outsit of J.ow then upon arrival at final port of disembarkation tho unexpired portion (if any) of his sentence shall S,!/ mitted and his Xew Zealand be endorsed accordingly. »«»u
With feet soaked in a mustard bath Poor Grandpa crouched beeide the hearth And gasped eo hard and looked eo elum throe lots of steaming rum 1 That Grandma, aniious grown for him Exclaimed at last to Uncle Jim— '•This dread euspenie I can't endure &S' f ° r Wo,,dS ' GlCat Pe *>P«®ini
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16204, 6 May 1918, Page 2
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197SOLDIERS SENTENCED, Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16204, 6 May 1918, Page 2
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