DRUNKENNESS AMONG TROOPS.
STRONG MILITARY ACTION PEND
ING
(Received Wednesday, 9.5 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.
Strong military action is pending in connection with drunkenness among the Melbourne troops.
Mr Pearce (Minister of Defence) stated that a number of men in uniform, Avhose conduct Avas a nuisance to the public, really had no right to Avear tho uniform, they having been dis-
charged from the. ranks. It was the intention of the authorities, if these men continued to unlawfully wear His Majesty's uniform, to them arrested and prosecuted.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14208, 10 February 1915, Page 5
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