MILITARY SERVICE BOARDS
ENGINEERS REFUSE TO LEAVE CA.A)P. ' By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, March 5. Before the Military Service Board Slcveusuu and Cook appealed on behalf of .three engineer apprentices —iiarkness, Green, and Dimvull. It was stated that, these men had left the linn's employ and voluntarily enlisted. They were essential workers so long as transport work was being done at Port Chalmers. The board decided to recommend to the Camp Commandant that extended leave be granted to the men to enable them to return to their work. On the board giving its decision Green said he would refuse to return. Stevensoli 1 and Cook asked if a soldier could be compiled to do oivilian work. Green, who said he spoke for the other men as well, appealed to the military representative, who advised him to go into camp and settle the matter with the Commandant. The board decided in two cases— those of a jeweller and watchmaker and a farmer—to refer them to the National Efficiency Board for a report.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3020, 6 March 1917, Page 6
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170MILITARY SERVICE BOARDS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3020, 6 March 1917, Page 6
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