CAPTAIN KNYVETT’S CASE.
ANOTHER INDIGNATION MEETING IN AUCKLAND.
[•Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, Feb. 14
Another public indignation meeting in connection with the Knyvett case was held to-night in His Majesty’s Theatre, which was packed to overflowing. Mr. C. J. Parr presided, and the following resolution was carried: — “That this meeting views with regret and indignation the decision of tie Government to adhere to the unjust sentence passed on Captain Knyvett, with respect to charges against which he lias not been allowed a proper opportunity of defending himself, which have never been proved, and for which, if they had been proved, the punishment is out of all proportion to the offence.” A resolution was also carried urging that a royal commission be appointed to inquire info the administration of the Defence Department.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2736, 15 February 1910, Page 5
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131CAPTAIN KNYVETT’S CASE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2736, 15 February 1910, Page 5
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