THE MILITARY CANTEEN SCANDALS.
• TWO WARRANTS ISSUKD. By Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright •'.■■■• London, February 13. A further development is reported in the .Military Canteen scandal, in connection with which diaries wero preferred against » lieutenant-colonel, six guarter-masters, two sorseant-majors, and nine civilians, of having accepted and given bribes in x qrder to favour Lipton, Ltd., in securing • canteen contracts for the ■ British Army. The case arose out of tho recent official inquiry into the management of oanteens. . Warrants liavo been granted for the arrests,of Minto (head of Lipton's Military Department) and Ness in connection with tho canteen scandal case. Ness is supposed to. be'in- Canada. Minto recently quitted Paris. Tho latter was , reported to bo ill at the time when summonses were being served. Ness was brought into tho case at a late stage, ■ ■< ■
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1985, 16 February 1914, Page 5
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131THE MILITARY CANTEEN SCANDALS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1985, 16 February 1914, Page 5
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