THE "UNENCOURAGED" SOLDIER
AND WHAT THE BENCH SAID. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, August 24. Joseph Henry Butler, a private in No. 2 Native Rifles, was brought before. Mr. C C. Kettle, K.M., to-day on a judgment summons for tho non-payment of .£1 25., being fines imposed ■ tor non-attendance to questions by tho ma s isv tratc, defendant said that lie had once taken an interest in volunteering, but did not do so iww. Ho did not appreciate having to wear his own boots at parad's which had to be attended every other ni»ht in order to escape a line. Thero was ho encouragement for a young fellow in a volunteer corps nowadays. i\Lr. Kettle: It's all lack ot discipline. You young fellows don't seem to uimerstaml your duty to your country, and your King. When I was your age I was in a volunteer corps, and 1 ditlnt need anv encouragement. Eventually plaintiffs agreed to waive technicalities and allow an appeal to be made lo the officer commanding tho dis'tli'o case was accordingly adjourned for three weeks.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1215, 25 August 1911, Page 4
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177THE "UNENCOURAGED" SOLDIER Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1215, 25 August 1911, Page 4
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