THE IRISH CRISIS.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13662, 2 September 1916, Page 5

THE IRISH CRISIS.

SKEFHNGTON ROYAL ENQUIRY. CONCLUDING evidence; ' . (Australian* hiiil N.H, (L'nljlc AssociuLiou.) Received September 1, 6,10 p.m. LONDON, August.3l. . At. tlio kSlccffington enquiry, Lieutenant Dobbin, aged nineteen, replying to the CliairiMiii, said lie did not d.eix'inl the prisoners because Captain Coltliurst was a superior officer,-but he was not actually ordered to (jive them, up. Coltliurst simply said he wanted the prisoners, and took them. Witness knew -Coltliurst was doing wrong,', but lie was not in a position to say so to a superior ollieer. He admitted that he had heard a rumour that Coltliurst had previously shot a boy, The enquiry has closed.