INTERNED GERMANS.
UNAUTHORISED VISITS BY WOMEN. Australian and N.Z- Cable Association (Received June 20, 1 a.m.) LONDON, June. 19. The newspapers give prominence to the curious court-martial . of Lieut. Canning. Accused criticised his commanding officer fcejcatijse hei allowed ladies to pay unauthorised visits to Baron von Plesson and Counts Mettermch and Nethenblad, who are interned, at Wakefieldl. ' The evidence showed .- that Mrs. Leverton Harris, wife of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minist-fi-v of. Blockade, secured a Home Office order to visit Baron von Plesison alone without supervision, and took parcels > with contraband goods. Lieut. Canning was acquitted.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4900, 20 June 1918, Page 5
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97INTERNED GERMANS. Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4900, 20 June 1918, Page 5
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