OFF TO THE FRONT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 791, 14 April 1910, Page 6

OFF TO THE FRONT.

DOMINION SCOUTS AT PALMERSTON A RIDICULOUS EXPEDITION^. Among the items in the.telegraphic reports of the Powellm affair, there -appears a reference to the arrival in Palmerston of some members of the Dominion Scouts from Wellington—an incident which appears to have snpplied the finishing touch to the burlesque side ol the sensation. > : In Wellington yesterday the principal item of gossip in military circles was the departure from the city of Captain J. G, W. Dalrymple,- Officer Commanding the Dominion. Scouts, and some members ol his company, en route for the front, so tc spent.. So-.far, definite particulars. as 'tc tne -circumstances connected with the departure of the expedition are meagre, I'lrst, that the warriors travelled in uniform; second, that, they travelled without the permission of the officer' 'comJ£3t"!f WL"* third-as the result- oi the first two-some awkward questions will be asked when the wax h AN EPISODE. "GOT HIM BAILED UP." Undar/the 'heading of "A Dominion Scout Episode " theSfanawatu"Standi thus refers to the expedition:— "Among the many peculiar things vZr& hvwatifo authorities £T£ Powelka affair, perhaps the strangest is 5?. S w ,n ? "J 8 * hast 6 from Ellington of. a- patrol of. mounted men, while all local, corps have been passed oveh- Tt appears that Sir Joseph S ££d for wi?Hw S fr ° m , th l Dominion s =o°te of Wellington, and .five enthusiasts responded, and were immediately dispatched to Palmerston.. No volunteer mE ev , en for from the Mounted Kifles of this-'distnot, who are-more fitnf'h!?« t?7 Wa f -J° en S a & e w a search of this kind, and it seems an extraordinary they should have been thus passed over in favour of the estimablegentlemen from "the; oily, who" must be of equestrian knowledge, and whose innocence of the lay of <1m? oun ls 6 proverbial. The newlyrarrived disciples of the immortal started, brilliantly yesterday. They were. responsible for the bcandia Street affair, which created such excitement.and so much amusement at five o clock last night. An excited Scout dashed so wildly up to the police station at that hour that everyone thought he had got some valuable information. When, he had sufficiently controlled his excitement to articulate,' he informed the-police and the world generally that they had "got him bailed up" m a shed near the river. There was no mistake this time, for a Dominion facout in full uniform had brought the startling information. ' "Wondered What the Fuss was About." "Although heavy rain was pouring- down at the time,, a crowd of cyclists followed - the police motor to be in at.the death. The old fellmongery was the scene of the strug-gle-to-be, and it was carefully •surrounded. Then there appeared from the ivharo the form of a mild-looking individual who wondered what all the fuss ivas about. He was a carpenter, working at the place, and had innocently poked his head out of the window when i Dominion- Scout happened to be about rhat embryonic Holmes- immediately scented a clue and wasted no time in jetting to the police station. The return of the motor-car was hailed with much merriment, and the disgusted chaufFeur, elbowing his way through the crowd, sxclaimed: Tjet.mo get somewhere where [ can swear.'"