WET CANTEEN SCANDAL.
LYTTELTON, April 21
At the Court to-day Alexander Reid, quartermaster at Fort Jervois, was charged with supplying liquor to a territorial—a prohibited man— at the recent break-up social at the i'ort. He pleaded not guilty. It was admitted that there had been a wet canteen at the fort. The magistrate dismissed the charge, remarking that the evidence disclosed a scandal which he hoped the military authorities would investigate.
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Northern Advocate, 21 April 1915, Page 5
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71WET CANTEEN SCANDAL. Northern Advocate, 21 April 1915, Page 5
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