A VOLUNTEER'S STORY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 918, 10 September 1910, Page 6

A VOLUNTEER'S STORY.

; NON-PAYMENT OF AFINb.-fe;} - j ;' : -, '..I!; :Sent:;to > gaol:>;::,;^; : >:;':-- 3 ': .Dunnt! the coursei lix 'th«;'; ; ; '.' : ; House ,on the.;Knyv,ett;case,,.;recently,. ■ '-.'■'- Mr. G. H. Poole, r momtier,-for, Auckland ; :; - : West, 'stated; that case-/ in -V.;; <- V. which.'a.. volunteer:,: bad', been,;; badly:';.-''■; -\ jtreated had-come- under J After;. relating:the facts• of'the ; ' ; caso,-;'"'., 3 asiurnished;. to.-. him,;; Mr. Poole'■;shid |-'-.''; : , ' lieravo themfor- wHatiliey'wereiwbrtfl^;. : 1 ias lio.had not'then; receired 'a'- : writteu''-;-' : :vt' statement; from' the. : vplunt'e'er in'.'gues-v. ... ;; .tion. >Sihco::then-Mr.v Poole•;has :?w v ceived: a.'sworh:statement- ; ;frbm ;; ;<'fchß ;' -y rolunteor ; ,,XGunner.;AV.-;"J;,; Poppleton).V; ! B In /the"course of ; --.this,';lio • states YiP last,.'year.-lie••obtained:a positiou;on:; a).-.':'•-' vessel; and; ; wait„to -CaptaiiLlMbrran, )S :B N0..3. Garrison Artillery, .ior.'the'-usnal', ■■'; permissibn:4p:;leave.;'tho>disfect-;;;On'i v ; :> being;,;toJd\-:;that;'.-.Pbpj)lotonyintend^-:''.''■■'• beingaway only "threemonths,':.Captain'- ; ■": -I 'Morran said; there was:-no : needy for him'? i. ■'•;■?] ;to leave,;,the■ company •.'■■'as."sooni as ;•'ho;; '-■. ~i;'\ came.back ho.cbuld.attend drill agauuV ' i 'On returning home-about.a month later;:' : . : .;w Poppletoh: found-a/: note:! to; i. a'?- '-:>\h drill.which had .been,.held'aifortiiight'■ ']<% before;;: '.He;. ;iriade„; inajiiriesi I land-wag ':-.;'B| ftold:-the: notice ; 'hadvbeen;-sehfcv;ii) (f\ ■take.- Poppleton'did' iiot; 1 : for -, '•■;' police-' officei'; bhe.house;with'a his arrest.-. ;S '';'l ;A: ; forfhi^t-'- , ;'' : aF{«rwMdß'-'; : Nonstable,, approached tb*V:- 'A arrest'.-him for. nonpayment -of -a fine':: ■" ;; : ahaV:::;for;: n6t: : ;: attending-"the -'.'or-? ■-?■'.' 'k :ton eiplainin'g'the; situatiori:"vthe-'corir ' ; ' : . : ':| S ; >:i ;representations -.'• ;to ; ; - the. v:volunteer.' 'J ■ ' ';S Authorities,;: ahd^was- if S\3j '■ 'thei; fine ;iftwouldvbe ;; { refunded > ; -'-' : [ to 'him.- ; tasked/':,for -■ guarantee; to;: this, ,; eff ect> s.bn'tX-' 'was ■'■>JGO?-x : ''i ! i i used.;; ; ' One fevening,; in r of 4an'; •■ B ;arraigement, : ;P^p!etoh;;weht;;tovNew-;c : B ;ton,- to;interview a'.'police: sergeant, ajadt' ; 0: .;was., arrested. P^ppletoh, ;^l: ;was'imade:;te ; falli.Sv. ; v; ,'iri with a' batch;of;criminals 6n^v' ; ; .i; -the roads.',. -While; working^the^«^ v •l•Vw'aß';''•■'' i ' ,; KV'. ;recpghised;by-one"bf;my;-irien<ls/ ; road ';we.:;were?; working:',oii '; was'Bfre-'/ v ! B was paid,' ■.. and Pbp'pletbh"' ~ '"? at t lunch-time;. 1' He (states, 'that; f subse-" B :■■;--: .quently -he asked:for r an inquirjy; which S ;K X .was'/held: before; ; Coldnel-:Woolfe,;Maipr,-;B;'":: ;Paters6n;.-and:, another officei. ; " The v :ciu'iry_eiided-bygone of^the\bmcersf: v v : marking,."lt seems to:;be'a ease of;?,a ; \:.-.. \''v'':. guimer!s'Jwbrd; : and':there; the- wA^-::;';