CALL OF COUNTRY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3016, 1 March 1917, Page 7

CALL OF COUNTRY

HEARING APPEALS THE CASE OF A GERMAN'S SON TRENCHES NOT SOUGHT Twenty appeals were set down for Jeanne by the Third Wellington , Military Service Board yesterday. The board consists of Messrs. W. H. S. Moorhouse (chairman), A. O'L. Considine, and M. J. Mack; A somewhat unusual case was that ot Lγ. nermann Joseph Heine, a New Zealand-born man whoso parents were .i Germans, who arrived in this country 1 in tho 'sixtios. . Tho military representative: That is your one ground of .objection? ..Heino: I don't feel like going into i the trenches with men who say I ought ' to be "on the island." Military representative :■ Apart from :.that you are willing to serve? Heino: Not in tho trenches. Military representative: Why? Heine: I am prepared; 1o do home ■''servico, bnt.not to fight in tho trenches. Military representative;: I think tho ( board will havo to dismiss the appeal, • and make a special report to the Commandant about it. Heine remarked that ho had had some difficulty in getting civil employment, and had been put off mor* than one job. Mr. Mack: Aro either of your par- ' ents alive now ? ; Heine: No. ' Tho ohairman: If you had been christened! something else thero would have ■ been no question. Hoine said that since being put olf work at Nelson he had slightly altered the spelling of his name,, and had had no difficulty in getting wdrk. ; Ho add- ■ ed that the pohce about the town had | ..suggested that he should apply for a i place in, tho Police Force, Ho'had ap- ■ plied twice and had twice been refused without any reason-having been given. The chairman: The appeal is dismissed, but we "will forward tho facts to the Defence authorities.

Horso Owner and Trainer. Mr. A: W. Blair appeared for Arthur Douglas Webster, , lioise owner and trainer, Otaki, and , asked that the Learing of the case should bo postponed till Friday, as Webster was at present keeping an appoiiitinont for the sale of some of his racing interests. Tic chairman: The fact of a man Twing engaged in racing has a very prejudicial effect on his case, because we don't tiiint it is necessary to keep iliafr going at ail. In view of the fact that Webster bad dependants, the chairman suggested io the other members that the reqiiesied postponement (till Fridaj') •shonldi t« granted. Mr. Mack: 2Jo, I would not give him * minute. . . Mn Ooiisidine: Give him till Friday. The reqnest ivas granted. Tflsw. RdatKies at tho Ffont. Ernest Sirindfe, a bwfe.raaker's hol-Sa'-etp in Jie Peiauo H&jJtray Work:rihcsps, appsalEd tecaiwe. of lu's motlier, -roha now- liad no one bnt- himself M±. -." ■ . . lflhe asjoSiEr saad s3» hsd a son, four giuiiiflsoDß, amd fwe cr sis nejphews at Hi® fecrafc. Sfost.of i%m Ladl 'beeii "woirafefl aoi3 <nio was missing. Uttifl (onaimHnm .saiLi thai, t'a© family

had done well, and, as in other cases, there was an element of hardship in this case, bub tho appeal would have to be dismissed.

Railwayman and Seamen, Victor Moxtcd, a Porirua farmer, who had previously obtained time to arrango his affairs, said that ho had been unablo to lot his farm or obtain labour. Lcavo for a further month was guaranteed. Tho following, for whom the Railway Department appealed, were given leavo til) May ].:—Albert,Joseph Wheldon, William Koyos, Albert Lcwiu Lewin, and Joseph John Stevens. Tho father of C. P. Knutsford asked for leave for appellant, who was a voluntary recruit employed at Defence Headquarters. Loavo till March 23 was granted. Adjournments sine die (with exemption from servico meanwhile) were made in tho cases of tho following .seafaring men, for whom Mr. W. T. Young (secretary of tho Seamen's Union) appeared :—Charles Henry King, fireman; Lewis Herbert Sayors, fireman on tho dredgo Canterbury; Thomas Edward Costin, seaman. An appeal lodged on behalf of William Simmonds, fireman, was dismissed. The. case of Joseph Walker, fireman., concerning whoso calling up it appeared that thero might be eoine mistake, was adjourned till Saturday. An appeal for Donald Campbell, seamnn, Lyttelton, was withdrawn, and it was stated that Campbell is going into camp in 'March.

Other Appeals. Edward Henry Freeman, photographer, 23 Home Street, "Wellington, claimed that ho was over age. Tho appeal was allowed. Mr. C. A. llichardson, of the Mutual Life and Citi7/ons' Assurance Co., appealed fo,r one of the company's officers, John B. King, of Palmorston North. Leave till April 28 was granted. An appeal for William Paiil, marine officer, was adjourned till next month. Decision was given in the caso of William Charles Hastings, _ heard on i Tuesday. The appeal was dismissed, j George Herbert Malis Moir, Central I Terrace, Kelburn, was reported.,unfit, and his iippoal was dismissed. ! Georgo Ching, painter, Murphy Street, Wellington, failed to appear, and his appeal was dismissed. The board then adjourned till tomorrow.