OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN
* I A WELLINGTON INCIDENT. | ' OFFICER'S CONDUCT QUESTIONED. j , j (Special to tho "Star.") i WELLINGTON, Juno 21. " The whole matter is still the sub- | jeet of a Court, of Inquiry," stated tho | .Minister of Defence to-day in reply to ; a question by Mr Hindmarsh, which j detailed at great length an incident ; stated to have occurred in a troop-train ! bound for Featherston. A staff seri geant.-major with South African and i Zulu rebellion service took a first-class ; ticket, and together with another staff sergeant-major entered a iirst-class car- ! riage in the train. A military police- | man came into the carriage and Ordered i them out, saying that the carriage was ! reserved for officers. The staff sergeant--1 major refused to go out. However, al- , leges Mr Hindmarsh, he was ordered i out by a captain and lieutenant, the | latter beinq described by the member j as a mere youth just returned from j Duntroon. and receiving: instruction | from the staff sergeant-major.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11731, 22 June 1916, Page 1
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