APPEALS FROM CALL TO SERVE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2971, 8 January 1917, Page 8

APPEALS FROM CALL TO SERVE

CASES AT RANGIORA

THE " COMBING-OUT " PERIOD

li.y Telegraph—Press Association. ' Cllristohurch, January l>. , The .Military Service Board sat at llangiora to-day. , Joseph John Rodgers, farm hand, Kenisido,. was allowed till the end of .February tn get'in his harvest. Charles Johnson, labourer, Saltwater Creek, appealed on the ground of undue, hardship, being the sole support of his aged mother. We had been rejected twelve months previously. The appeal was adjourned for one month, to allow him to be medically examined. John H. Blackelt, blacksmith, Leithiiold, appealed on tho ground of public interest, ho being the only blacksmith in the- district. . The Chairman said it was the duty of tho military authorities in every district to find out the facts concerning the appellant, and submit them to tho Board. The same trouble had been happenim; in every case comimi before the Board. In this ease, the. Board would have to assume on the evidence given that the appellant's shop was essential to his district, and. would therefore adjourn thn case sine die. Counsel: Until the combing-out period? The Chairman: Yes. The case of John Gebliie, a shepherd, in tho employ of B. 0. Dixon, of Eyreton, .who looked nfter four thousand sheep and four thousand lambs, was adinurned Rino die. Walter William Treloar, jrardener, Glonmark. stated that, he had a wife and fivo children,. having been married nino years. The appeal was allowed, on the ground that the apnellant was not a, member of the First Reserve. James William Sheridan, shearer, Waikari. appealed on the ground of undue hardship. Tho appeal was dismissed, the apnollant being allowed one month to finish shearing operations'. Hush Campbell and Samuel John Campbell, farmers, of East Oxford, appealed <?n tho grounds of public interest and undue hardship. The appeal of Samuel was adjourned sinodio, and that of Hugh was dismissed, but ho was allowed until tho end of February to assist in the .harvesting operations. Frederick Alfred Ganderton. Hanmor Springs, a mechanical engineer in the Railway Department, appealed on the ground of undue hardship, having infirm parents and a delicate wife to support. It was stated that tho Railway Department also intended to apneal on his behalf. The. case was adjourned until tho apneal br the Railway Traffic Manager hnd been received. George Henry Lorfhagen, farmer, Kaiauoi, appealed on the ground of undue hardship. Ho had been rejected as unlit five months ago, and since liad contracted to loaso a farm of 56 acres. Tho appeal was adjourned for a month to rjpnnit of medical examination. Oliver Bernard M'Cormack. fanner, of AVairarapa, stated that at the beginning of last year ho enlisted, and was rejected as medically unfit. He "then look over from his partner a Government lease of 3DI acres at Glenmark, mid got married. He was obliged to perform all his own work, and"if ho went on. active service- ho could Jiud no ono to manage his farm. The Chairman said that ho did not know whether any relief would be given in tho caso of Crown tenants: Tho appeal was adjourned, pending medical examination. The appeal was allowed in the caso of William Carson Wilson, furniture salesman, hi llangiora-, who had: a wife and three children, arxl had been married thirteen years. John Thomas Bloqr, farmer,) Viow Hill, stated' Jtliat since offering his serrices last May and being rejected he had made arrangements to take over liis deceased I'atlier'j farm. His brother had been invab'ded from the front, and : could not undertake farm work. The appellant had bought his brother's share. Tho appeal was adjourned i'or a month, pending medical examination. Tho case of Stewart Wilson, farm hand, Sefton, who has four- brothers at the front, and is working a {arm for his aged parents, was adjourned! sine die. Hugh Kearns, a farm labourer, of Ohoka, sail that of his oigbt brothers three wero at tho front, while tho others were under military age. . Hewas quite willing to go when one of his brothers could ronla.ee him. TUo case was adjourned sine die. Gavin Dalziell Crampton, of Waiau, a. farmer, appealed! on the grounds that he was engaged in work of national importance. The appeal was adjourned sine die. Thomas Edward. Shepherd, Amberley, asked for an extension of time on account of the harvesting, and was allowed until the end of I'ebruary. Albert Archibald ' Thomson, Waipara, was given until the end of February to assist with the harvesting. Leslie Allan Ueese, shepherd and farmer, said he was the only man left to work bis father's farm of 2200 acres. Tiie appeal was adjourned sine die. The appeal of Samuel Bird, dairy farmer, Kangiora. was adjourned for : one month, to allow of him being \ medically examined.