PLACED UNDER ARREST.
' A; VOLUNTEER :SENSATION.;i. ■ : CRITICISING THE ADMINISTRATION.";: (By Telegraph—Preis Association.) ■■■■~ : Auckland, December I.•■' A sensation was caused in local .volunteering circles to-day,: when it became know that. Captain P. B; Knyvett, officer commanding tho No 1 Auckland Garrison' Artillery Volunteers, had been placed .under arrest. for an'alleged act of grossansubordinatibn in en-, ticising tho administration of tho Defence Bepartment, and ili;bringing a"charge against hia superior officer, couched in most insubordinate language. The suspension, of Captain :KnyvOtt is thoroulmination of the recent visit. ot the No/1 Company to Wellington, and it is understood, to have arisen direct y .from, a .letter forwarded ,to the Defence Minister,; tho contjvnti nf which' commented on the action of , &tnel Eobin,Chief of, General Staff, on .'that ocoasion.. ; ■'"'• ■■■■~ ■>■ ''-: ■"'.■'■'" ■ ■ '■'-.•:.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 679, 2 December 1909, Page 7
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124PLACED UNDER ARREST. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 679, 2 December 1909, Page 7
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