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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 25, 4 May 1916, Page 6

Weather Forecast.—2l he indications are tor freshening winds, northerly, and moderate to strong. The weathei Upppars likely' to :he cloudy and unsettled. The barometer' liak'iiTailing tendency.—Bates, j representative deputation oi wo men headed by Mrs f. H. Lowry, ot Hawke’s jßay, waited on Sir Joseph Ward and Mr-Maskhv the otherday, i.it;g jug thsao, in view of the evidence given at tjhe recent inquiry. Lieutenant Driorson not he allowed to go away with the 12th lieinforeements as an^ffieer. 3 StjMwsephoWard. and Mi Massey, it is understool, promised that the representations ot the deputation should receive careful consideration. Mrs Lowry and Madame Boeufvc (vice Presidents of the Women’s anti-Her-man League), also wrote to the Hon. '.I, Allen (Minister of Defence), asking jf'diriorson was going away, and he replied in the affirmative, in reference •to the positwa-Wrilingmit-. .journal states that the episode is causing some yvgnnth of feManfi’ skip '83• well kiamongst the general public, ij; transpires that at the conference with deputation; of \v p.jiiei, .qy, Friday night, Mr Ala? isey eoiitiived to lose his temper; p6t{ ■, stpnvj ol ,hh, interviewers very' angry at whal they . regal'd aSvJhis nidenes.s .to, them. One lady docliiii'd to proceed with liei remarks, and another maeje a yiejnon,;| stratum of disapproval that stankn even her own friends. Mr Massey was not happy in'the. cause he was espousing, some of Ids own points being turned badly against him, and this accounted for the regrettable display ol temper.