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A SERGEANT-MAJOR STABBED.

BY H COL IC ANS AT HUTT. PROBABLE SEQUEL TO ANTIMILITARY DISTURBANCE. lpee press associations WELLINGTON. August 15. Sergfc.-Major Millett, of the Defence Department, stationed at Hutt under the now defence scheme, was admitted to a. private hospital in Wellington last night. He states that on Sunday night week he was waylaid at Hutt by some young men who beat him, one of the party also stabbing him on the breast. Ho did not consult a medical man at once but after some days the wound became painful, and he placed himself in Dr. Elliott’s hands. As there was a symptom of blood poisoning, Sergt.Major Elliott was removed to a private hospital. Sergt.-Major Millett states that the party which attacked him consisted of six youths. Ho was in mufti at the time, and was walking from Petone to his home. The police have the matter in hand.

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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3297, 16 August 1911, Page 5

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A SERGEANT-MAJOR STABBED. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3297, 16 August 1911, Page 5

A SERGEANT-MAJOR STABBED. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3297, 16 August 1911, Page 5

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