THE FEDERAL COMMANDANT.
DIFFERENCES WITH THE CIVIL ' AUTHORITIES. United Press A-seoistion — By Electee *' Telegraph — Copyright. (Received August 27, 10.55 a.m.) MELBOURNE, August 27. Mr Dawson, late Minister of Defence, states that he is prepared to prove thaft General Hutton's aggressiveness against the civil branch waS a discordant element ; but if his relations with the Commandant were unsatisfactory, it was because in every interview with him General Hutton abused his predecessors in office and the permanent head of the Department. On one occasion General Hutton went to the extent of calling Sir John Forrest a coward, alleging ha bad said one thing verbally and written another officially. One of the differences with General Hutton related to expenditure. Tlie General wanted to spend three times as much as Parliament voted.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8100, 27 August 1904, Page 4
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