SOLDIERS SENTENCED

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 14, 16 July 1918, Page 8

SOLDIERS SENTENCED

The following sentences by district courts-martial held at Trentham Camp have been confirmed :—For desertion when under orders 'for active service: Private B. R. Bryant, Details (late 38th Reinforcements); 'Private E. Hansen, Details (late 38th Reinforcements), 90 days' detention; Private W. J. Croxton, Details (late 38th Reinforcements), 112 days' detention; Private W. Dickey, Details (late 38th Reinforcements), 80 days' detention; Private T. J. Bennett, Details (late 41st Reinforcements), 180 days' detention. In each case the sentence is mitigated so that i£ the accused embarks for active service outside of New Zealand, then upon arrival at the final port of disembarkation, the unexpired. portion (if any) of his sentence shall be remitted. .

Another soldier, for absenting himself without leave when under orders ■; for active service, was sentenced to 42 days' detention.

A London correspondent states that Captain Leo Myers, late of Auckland, brother to the Hon. Arthur Myers, has been appointed honorary organiser of the Riflemen's Aid .Society. Captain Myers enlisted as a private in the King's Royal Rifles shortly after, the outbreak of war, and spent three and a-half years' under canvas (including several months in the trenches in France), eventually rising to the rank of captain in his regiment. Since being invalided Home from France, Captain Myers, who is now in his 48th year, has been training I troops in one of the camps in England. Although he has been examined six times by medical boards, the decision in each instance has been, "Fit for sedentary duty only." The' Riflemen's Aid Society exists for the purpose of assisting discharged or demobilised soldiers belonging .to the two famous regiments, the King's Royal Rifles and the Rifle Brigade. By its mean 6, employment is found not only for the men who have served in these historic Tegiments, but the widows and children of those who have lost their lives in the Bervice are also assisted, and, when necessary, educated and trained for congenial and suitable work. For some months past members of bowling clubs in Wellington have been 'discussing the question as to whether it would be advisable to insta.l a. digester for sterilising soil for use in topdressing greens. The meritsl of the digester are generally, admitted, but the point as to who should oreot and control it—tho clubs or the centre—has not been decided. Christen urch bowlers have recognised the value of the digester as a preventive against weeds, and at this week's meeting of the centre there it was decided that steps' should be taken immeditely to erect one. The Wellington Methodist Central Mission has now a membership of 232. The financial statement' shows a small balance in hand. . ,