SOUTHERLY WEATHER

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 150, 26 June 1914, Page 8

SOUTHERLY WEATHER

A" keen southerly wind has made the weather conditions locally somewhat uncomfortable. There has also been a fair amount of rain. According to the official forecast, the prevailing weather is I likely to continue for some time at le^st. I Southerly winds, strong to gale, are j predicted, and cold, squally, and unsettled weather is likely, with heavy showers in most parts of the country. MILITARY ENQUIRY • -^ UNFOUNDED CHARGES. Publication of the following statement in reference to the Court of Enquiry which was recently set up in Palmerston has been authorised by the Commandant ■of the Forces (Major-General Sir A. J. Godley). The Court was presided over by Colonel Heard, Chief of the General Staff, and with him we>'b associated Colonel Logan, in command of the Auckland District, and Colonel Tate, of Grey town. The case was also watched by Colonel Reed, K.C., Judge ' Advocate-General, and by a representative of the Minister of Justice. After a full and impartial enquiry, the conclusion come to by the Court was that the charges which had been made against an officer wero without foundation. The whole of the evidence, together with the finding of the Court, lias been submitted to the Minister of Justice, who, after careful perusal, expresses himself in complete acquiescence therewith.