CAPTAIN KNYVETT'S CASE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2914, 19 January 1910, Page 14

CAPTAIN KNYVETT'S CASE.

PUBLIC MEETING TO BE HELD. AUCKLAND, January 11. The meeting of officers of the Auckland Garrison, which was called for the purpose of discussing the dismissal of Captain Knyvett. was abandoned owing to the posting of a general order from the officer commanding the district. This order stated- that be had heard that a meeting of Garrison officers was to be called for the purpose of discussing the result of the recent inquiry, and that he deemed such meeting to be illegal from a military point of view, and that the senior officer present would be responsible, and that he absolutely forbade the holding of such a meeting. There was a large gathering of officers, and the holding of the meeting was discussed. The dominant note in the discussion was one of loyalty to the officer commanding the district, and many of

the older officers urged that should the meeting be held it would deeply affect the standing of the officer commanding the district in the face of his order absolutely forbidding the meeting. The officers declared that every effort should) be made to obtain redress, to Captain Knyvett, but that every endeavour should also be made‘to keep within the regulations . At the conclusion of the meeting the members, in conversation among themselves, eagerly discussed the burning question, and the entire sympathy of the officers was with Captain Knyvett.