CAPTAIN PAVITT'S DEATH.
MILITARY IXQUIJiY POSSIBLE. t'Eli CS'TTIin I'ItKSS ASSOCIATION. CHiUSTCHL'RCH, Oct. 18. \ -Press' renresentative asked T nKpooior Gillies to-day if there was anv dews regarding the 'motor car fatality, and he renlied: ''No; you will have to wait a bit." ft is undeiYitooil that the papers in connection with Ihe fatality have been forwarded to the Minister i'or .justice. It is also iindcrsLool that the officer commanding tho Canterbury Volunteer militia district is in communication with the Chief of the General Staff (Colonel Robin, C.8.) on the subject of holding a military court to inquire into the eircuniiitanccs connected with the fatality, the lato Captain I'avitt haying been on duty at the time of the fatality. His relatives will, it is slated, receive compensation from the Defence Department. The amount of such compensation is not known.
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Mataura Ensign, 19 October 1909, Page 4
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