GRIERSON CASE.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7716, 4 May 1916, Page 3

GRIERSON CASE.

A WOMEN’S DEPUTATION. OP PROTEST. (Special to “Mail”). WELLINGTON, This day. The case of Lieutenant Grierson is till exciting public interest, and the . , th a t Mr Allen has intimated that |,j 5 officer will leave with the Twelfth leiaforcements has added fuel to he controversy. V large and representative deputajon of women, headed by Mrs T. H. xnrrv, of Hawke’s Bay, waited upon iir Joseph Ward and Mr Massey urg- „„ that, in view of the evidence given t the recent inquiry, Grierson should „t k allowed to go as an officer. It understood that both Sir Joseph Vard and Mr Massey promised that he representations of the deputation kould receive careful consideration. Hearing that Lieutenant Grierson ns leaving with the Twelfths, Mrs T. j Lo»-ry and Madame Boeufve, as ice-presidents of the Women’s Anti[fVinan League, wrote to Mr Allen king whether this was the intention, jif so when Grierson was to ,ave. Mr Allen’s reply to Mrs /jwrv was as follows: — •‘Office of Minister of Defence, Wellington, N.Z., April 29th, 1916. Pear Madatn, —I have to acknowpdee the receipt of your letter of the dth inst., asking if Lieutenant Grier is leaving with the Twelfth lteinhfceflients and when. I hope he will leave with the ftelftli Reinforcements. I am_not in puaition to sav definitely the date on thirh he will ieave. , . I shall be W v glad if you will give me an op erturiity to speak with you about the shade of the Anti-German League wards Lieutenant Grierson. Yours faithfully, J. ALLEN, Minister of Defence. Mrs T. IT. Lowry, ire-president, Anti-German League Hannah’s Buildings, Wellington