THE WANGANUI INQUIRY.
AN ALLEGATION DENIED.
[BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION-]
WELLINGTON, Thursday.
The statement made Sy Sir James Allen regarding Lieutenant Crampton is challenged by Mr. H. Holland, M.P., who alleges that tho admissions made by Crampton before the court-martial at Samoa were not referred to. He wants to know if they were placed before Mr. Hewitt, who held the inquiry, or whether they are going to be treated as confidential. Mr. Holland adds:—"l want to mako a further charge, that Q.M.S. Porter, second in command at Wanganui, has been forced out of the Defence Dopartment by reason of his opposition to t]io methods of Lieutenant Crampton at Wanganui. Tho Labour Party is determined' that Lieutenant Crampton shall be removed from a position in which ho would he able to repeat the acts he committed at Wanganui. The Defence Department emphatically denies tho allegation, and states that evenpaper relating to Lieutenant Crampton was submitted to tho magistrate.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17038, 20 December 1918, Page 4
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156THE WANGANUI INQUIRY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17038, 20 December 1918, Page 4
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