SOLDIERS IN COURT

New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24084, 1 October 1941, Page 8

SOLDIERS IN COURT

.THREE NEW ZEALANDERS LONDON, Sept. 20 The magistrate at Arundel, Sussex, took a lenient view of an escapade by three New Zealand privates because, he said, "they have come so far from home, have been in England for some time and have got a little 'fed up' because they could not do what they came for—fight the enemy." According to the police, the soldiers "got drunk," assaulted the police and damaged a public house. They were bound over for a year. The police' stated that one man was found fighting a civilian in a hotel. When a constable tried to separate the, pair the other two soldiers joined in and attacked the constables. The accused denied drunkenness. They said they were involved in the fight because a woman was being assaulted. DEATH OF FINANCIER (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) MONTREAL, Sept. '2!) The death has occurred of Sir Herbert Holt, aged 85, a financier who once controlled 250 companies, with assets totalling 2.000.000.000 dollars. Born in Dublin in 1556. Sir Herbert Samuel Holt, 0.K.. went to Canada in 1875 and engaged in civil engineering. included in his activities were extensive contracts for the Canadian Pacific Railways and, in partner-hip with others, the construction of other railways. He was elected president ol the Royal Bank of Canada in 1!)0S. He was also governor of the .Montreal General Hospital, the Royal Victoria Ho<pitaj and MeGil] University. In 1910 be took a leading part in promoting the Typhoid Emergency Hospital in 'Montreal.