COURT OF ENQUIRY.
THE MEDICAL BOARDS. CPer Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, last night. Great interest' was aroused, in .the city by the following announcement; published in the papers:" — - Captain Henry Thomas Joynt Thacker, N.Z.M.C. (Reserve of Officers), is hereby requested to appear along with any person's who have cause of complaint as "to tho treatment received by them .from any of the. Medical Boards, before a Court of. Enquiry to.be held at King Edward's .Barracks on Wednesday, January 9,-1918, at 10 a.m. —(Signed) R. A. •Ohaffey, Colonel Commanding Canterbury Military District. Colonel Chaffey, who was asked today for the constitution of tlie Court, said it would be' representative of the military and medical services. It was in no sense a' court-martial, and the order of reference Was to inquire into allegations made ■ by Dr. Thacker in Parlia-; ment- regarding the Medical" Boards. Dr. Thacker was also asked whether he M'puld attend the inquiry." He replied that he was quite prepared to tender evidence, although the,time'-was niost inconvenient to obtain 'witnesses. ,He would oiily attend, however, if the inquiry was.opert'.to the press and the proceedings' were uncensored. He also stipuTated that . the authorities should give him an undertaking that any men whom t he might call as' witnesses would bep i-otected v f rom "action by : the authorities. " ■" -"
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14492, 2 January 1918, Page 7
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216COURT OF ENQUIRY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14492, 2 January 1918, Page 7
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