Trentham Camp

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 July 1915, Page 2

Trentham Camp

♦ ; TO' JJE MOVED AT OX'CE. — ... [I'EK PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, only 8. "The Government has declcled to move iTreiitliani camp/' said the ■Prime .Minister after a caucus of the Government Party lield last night. A commencement will be made first thing to-morrow morning; the ca.mp is going to be divided, but I cannot say where the new camps lvill he." Jhe Prime Minister added that the decision of the Government in tTfis matter had been come to after the receipt of the report of a committee of experts, military and medical, who hacl been asked to investigate the situ- ( ation. I lie committee liad recommended the Government to move" the camp , and the_ recommendation was going to ' be given effect to at once. ( The following gentlemen have. Been ] appointed members of the Royal Com- , mission of Inquiry which is to conduct y an Investigation witli regard to the ' sickness and general conduct of affairs at Irenthain camp:—Mr Justice"_Hoskings, Mr William Ferguson (engineer to the Wellington Gas Co.). and Dr A. s A. uMartin, of Palmereton North (rec- < ently returned from the front)'.