PUNISHMENT OF A SPY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16021, 13 September 1915, Page 8

PUNISHMENT OF A SPY.

SENTENCE OF DEATH.

London, September 10. An official statement announces that a man who was court-martialled in London on a charge of espionage was sentenced to death, and was executed to-day.

TRANSPORT OF PATIENTS.

SUCCESSFUL WORK.

In order that the men requiring medical treatment should be admitted to the hospital without delay and without the excitement of the crowded city, they were transferred to ambulances and motor-cars at Newmarket, and quickly conveyed to the hospital. The hospital car and one other carriage were disconnected from the Red Cross train at Penrose, and brought on by a second locomotive to N«<wmarket, where the two carriages were shunted into a siding, rear which nine cars, driven by officers of the Motor Service Corps, under Major C. Rhodes, and two hospital ambulances and the Waterside Workers' Union's ambulances, were nrarshalled. Members of the New Zealand Medical Corps, under Sergeant-Major Pilkington, and of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, under Mr. F. J. Hutchinson, paraded as stretcher-bearers, while a number of men of the 3rd Regiment, under Lieutenant H. P. R. Caughey, were present as a guard, though their services in this capacity were not required. The whole operation was under the direction of Major J. E. Duigan, general staff officer, and Captain T. J. Hughes, deputy-director of military hospitals. The transference of the men to the motor-cars was carried out quickly and, owing to the absence of crowding spectators, with a minimnm of discomfort to the invalids. Three men were brought from the train on stretchers, several others were carried by a couple of bearers, while others were glad of a supporting shoulder as they walked from the train to the cars. The movements of the score of soldiers were watched with intent interest by the crowd on the bridge. Most of the men looked strong and well, but several were noticeably wasted and suffering from hardship and illness. As the procession of cars moved into the Broadway, the faces of i the soldiers were closely scanned, and a few greetings were exchanged as friends recognised one another, but there was no general demonstration. Fifteen of the men were admitted to the hospital, and of them only four will be confined to their beds for a time. Five others were given leave immediately, and will report at the hospital again this morning. Another man who should have gone to the hospital evidently went to his home. Those of the men who are sufficiently advanced towards recovery will be transferred to the Epsom convalescent home in the course of a few days.

A SATISFACTORY VOYAGE.

CLEANLINESS ON BOARD. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] 'Welijxgtox, Sunday. Altogether the rteturned troops seem to have had a very satisfactory voyage back to the Dominion. Apart from two days* rough -weather just before Albany was reached, the steamer has travelled comfortably over smooth seas, and only two cases of illness occurred on the trip. Twelve days after leaving Suez a measles patient was discovered, but he was effectively isolated, and the day before arrival a man was attacked by pneumonia. Such a clean bill of health" is infinitely to the credit of Captain Evans, the popular master of the Tahiti, who appears to have personally undertaken the rigid enforcement of sanitary precautions. This task was not an easy one, for a large number of military orderlies had to be drilled with efficiency. The fact that this orderly work had to be undertaken by healthv men who did not get as far as the front and who have been returned on account of various technical disabilities, led to some grumbling on their part, bat close investigation shows that, while Captain Evans, acting in conjunction with the military and medical officers, maintained an admirable system of discipline and cleanliness, there is no reason to believe that anyone throughout the voyage suffered ill-treatment or injustice. Some absurd stories were circulated hv idle tongues on Saturday concerning the sternness of discipline inculcated by the captain, but there appears to be not the sliehte-st foundation in them. Of the 491 troopers aboard, there were only 27 hospital cases and* 59 convalescents. "