MILITARY TRAINING.
THE HUTT HOODLUMS. SERGEANT-MAJOR STABBED. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, August 15. Sergeant-Major Millett, of tlie Defence Department, stationed at Hutt under tlie new defence scheme, was admitted to a private hospital in Wellington last night. Ho states that on Sunday night week he was waylaid at Hutt by some young men, who beat him, one of the party also stabbing him on the breast. Ho did not consult a medical man at once, but after some days the wound became painful. He placed himself in Dr.; Elliott’s hands as there was a symptom of blood poisoning. SergeantMajor Millett was removed to a private hospital. He states that the party which attacked him consisted of six youths. He was in mufti at the time, and was walking from Petone to his home. The police have the matter in hand.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 149, 16 August 1911, Page 5
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