SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9095, 14 March 1908, Page 8

SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.

SECOND EDITION.

AN OFFICER’S CLAIM,

Press Association. _ _ ' Wellington, March 14. An echo of the South African war was heard in the Supreme Court Court to-da\. It is alleged that several officers and men who served in the war in 1901 have never received full pay for that year, and there is a movement to petition Parliament on their behalf. In the meantime Lieut. Charles Cribh, who served with Colonel Parker, and is now resident at Greymouth, has instituted proceedings against Colonel Parker in the Magistrate’s Court at Greymouth,- the claim being for pay during the months of November and December, 1901, amounting ‘to £56 8s od, or with interest at 8 per cent, to £74 14s. P A motion was brought before the Supreme Court this morning .on behalf of Colonel Parker to remove the case to the Supreme Court. Counsel stated that intricate questions of law were involved. It was contended that the commanding officer was not personally liable for the debt, which if due should be paid by the British Government. An order for the removal, of the case from Greymouth to Wellington was made.