MILITARY SERVICE BOARDS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3011, 23 February 1917, Page 5

MILITARY SERVICE BOARDS

■ ■■ ■.- —.; — ~» —— •: ; ; : FARMERS' APPEALS. "■' By. Telegraph—Psess AE6ociis,t|on. '■'■";' - ' Auckland, February 22. Before the Military Service Board w-day, Max James Friedlander, a farmer' 'of ■ Pokeno, appealed - for exlemption, on the ground of hardship, 'as .there would be nobody to work his ifarin of 638 acres, which was heavily tencumbered. . After, hearing the evi--1 tience of appellant as to his position and the working of the place generally, jfche board expressed the opinion, that exemption was not desirable, land that an. extension of time for two taonths would meet the case if the appellant desired to, dispose'of .his farm «or .arrange to have it properly managed, it was not like many other teases of appellants' not having the >taeans. Appellant ..was in a position ito employ the necessary labour. ExSemptioh was granted till April l. : /Wm. Edmunds, a carrier and- far,!mer at Glenfield, Birkenhead, appealed lor total exemption on the ground of jwiblio interest. He explained that .jlne was the only licensed carrier in •the district, and did two-thirds of the '.J farm work, besides ploughing and h&riiowing' for neighbours.' Ho would !>have to dispose of his place and stook ,iif he went. He asked for at least 'three months' extension of time. The liboard heard the evidence of a resident .'■of the district, and <Jecidedthat it was 'ia case in which, tho appellant was serving the community, < and he could he reasonably, granted exemption. Appellant was exempted till the ond of ..itMay. ;.:... y r ;: : ..-. ■;.• ■.- ■ . SITTING AT TAUMARUNUI. • /'■■.■■-. Taumarunul, February 22. Tha Military Appeal Board to-day •rtheard'. three cases.. One appeal wee 'allowed, ono held over, and one Ais■missed. In eight cases there was no . appearance of appellants, and the appeals, wero dismissed, . . , 'ALIENS IN THE BALLOT. '■ By; Telegraph—Press Assooiati).in. ; ; Hawera, February 22. 'At the sitting of the Military Serlflrice Appeal Board to-day an unusual iase was . heard,' when ' Frederick lAriiett, a blacksmith, of Hawera, apipealed on the ground that he was not a reservist, he not being a naturalised British subject. The appellant stated that his parents ..were Swiss, and that Ihe had not been naturalised. Ho was ;born in New Zealand, but at the age iof two or three he went to Switzej--. land, where he was educated, and in 1910 he returned to the Dominion. He. ibad never, votedj arid .regarded himself as a Swiss eubiectyae he had never 'been naturajised. .'■' "Counsel for the appellant said:'.that' asimilar, caso was before the Auckland Board, where the bppeal was allowed. It was decided \o, refer the point to -the SolicitorGeneral for an. opinion..'. :