WHARF DISTURBANCE
MINISTER'S REPORT.
The report given by the Minister, of Defence in regard to the- recent disturbance ■on the wharf between' a German and his guard is as follows:— '.- : The newspaper paragraph •is somewhat at variance with.tlie official report of the Commandant, Internment Camp, Somes Island, from which it appears that (1) On approaching the wharf on his-re-turn the prisoner asked for permission to purchase a flash of .spirits, and on the request.being refused he declined to proceed. (2) The immediate interference of the crowd precipitated trouble, and a civilian struck the prisoner a blow which dazed him. (3) The sergeant in charge states that had not the crowd intervened' he could have avoided' trouble by persuading the prisoner, or, if that failed, marched him off under cover of a loaded revolver. (4) Two reliable non-commis-sioned officers have-, certified that the prisoner was not drunk. (5) Prisoners are allowed to visit the.city under guard only on very urgent circumstances. , (6) The reasons given by the prisoner when requesting permission to go to Wellington under escort were of a sufficiently urgent nature, in the estimation of the Commandant of the Internment Campj to justify the leave.
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 146, 21 June 1916, Page 8
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196WHARF DISTURBANCE Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 146, 21 June 1916, Page 8
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