THE PORTSMOUTH BARRACKS.
♦ V MORE DISCONTENT. THE MAINTENANCE OF DISCIPLINE. LONDON, December 20. There are fresh signs of disaffection at Portsmouth Naval Barracks. < An officer going the rounds found the hammocks unpacked, and a first-class petty officei was disrated. 111-feeling ensued among the few in barracks. They were not connected with the recent riots. While Commander Sinclair was inspecting the canteen, a seaman coughed obtrusively. lie was arrested and put in irons, Commodore CaTToway sentencing him to fortytwo days' imprisonment, for incitment to disorder and disrespect. An untruthful witness for the prisoner was sentenced to fourteen days' cells. The whole of the men were paraded ard warned that discipline would %e drastically maintained. S A hundred marines were ordered to be in readiness in the event of an Outbreak. Several stokers have been discharged as undesirables.
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Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8087, 26 December 1906, Page 3
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