MILITARY SERVICE BOARD

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3032, 20 March 1917, Page 7

MILITARY SERVICE BOARD

>:V" *£<••■•- MORE APPEALS . g; BIG LIST OF CITY; CASES > Ir.The "Third, Wellington Military Ser- £ >ico Board, sat, yesterday, and doalt k tath twenty-eight appeals. The board f /consists of Messrs. %'...,& S. Moorj - house (chairman), A. '■ O'L. Considino, i «nd M, J... Mack-. The military repre- ;.; ■■scntative/is.Paptain P. Baldwin, I The. Customs Dopartmqnt appealed ; Sor temporary exemption for B. A.. ■■ GingoTj an examining officer in the j Department,; Ginger, who had enlisted ! voluntarily, had, been one year an j j *xaminor, and..ivas previously, a ship- : ping clerk. Tho case was adjourned : till April- 30. ''. . . ! . In the case of Louis Ernest Godfrey I Tttppert, : painter, decision- was ro- ■■ served. • : . . •.■■■•• ~-..':■.. ■ An appeal was on the list for Saul 'Craus, military tailor, 45 Majoribanks Street. Mr. JL Myers appeared as f 'counsel for Craus, and said that he y ■ would withdraw the appeal, and allow i tho facts to be submitted to the Com- ■ Vtaandant of the Military Forces. ' The chairman: It is a question of nationality, then? • ... ■■■..- • '

y Captain Baldwin: Not a question of 'nationality, but a question of whether r it is advisable to use a man. TEe course [" "suggested by Mr. Myers was agreed to. I, The appeal of Ignatius Whitaker, f> jbookseller, who had : been rejected in j v SMay last, was adjourned till later, in ; tho week for- appellant to be medically . examined. ... ... j ■'■ Mr. P. H. Putnam, who appeared 1 for Whitaker, said that.if appellant was now passed by the board an extension of time would be requested for business and family reasons. . ~'-., i? Leslie Andrew Morison (Christi church), Charles Harold Fletcher (Wel- ■'■ lington), William David Maxwell. (Wet : , ..ington), clerks in .tho,Public' Trust ~ Office, were granted leave till May 2. ; ' An appeal for Allan. Norman Perham, 'assistant meat inspector, Woodville, '.■ who is in the employ of tFe DepartF 'ment of Agriculture, was adjourned,till f June 1. ■-.. ...•■' ... ■•■■' ..- : ■•' Thomas Coltmaii, commercial traveller,, 183 Cuba Street,.who had enlisted : Bnd been rejeoted, appealed_ for family c 'reasons. . The case was adjourned till p -'April.2,. -, : ., ! \;;' - ;-.,'; :"' ■ , i Edward Brown' Gilchrist,. violinls*, i 'Wellington,' appealed on the ground or [' undue hardship, hut did not appear/ > and his'appeal -was dismissed. \ ( Arthur Henry Summers, 83 Richmond !'■ . Street,' Petone, , grpduced a certificate J.. of medical unfitness; ~-; .: .; -The employer of Samuel Taylor, a j. tinsmith; asked that Taylor should be k 'given, leave till. May 1. . This was f : 'granted. , . , . '. , t Frederick Wesson, bread carter, 185 a ; ' Cuba Street, a married man, was v granted , leave till June 1.

. Edmund Battersby; master painter, Petone, for whom Mr. Blair appeared, was : granted three months' .extension

of time-for business reasons. . Sidney David Shearer,. plumber, was .'appealed for by_Jais employer (H. B. iESitter), whose had been heavily 'reduced since war began. .Mr. J. S. Barton, who appeared as counsel, asked ■ 'for an adjournment so . that, , the, ■ Plumbers' Board could make represen- . tationto the Efficiency Board , . The appeal'was dismissed. l •, ■ :■ An employer's appeal was made also for Henry William / Wcller, plumber, '<■ Street,-and it, too, was dis- ,'■' missed. ' ; ' .'■■

Leonard Francis" Wallis, importer, 43 Austin Street, who had,been rejected some time ago, was stood .down till to-day, and requested to ..be medically examined -meantime.. ■• • '■■■^■■■-- J. J. .clerk, Bouloott Street;. William Napier 'Pingey, motor-bus-■driver, Bridge Street, Lower Hutt; ■Bertram Stewart, waiter, 79 Boulcott Street, Wellington;, and John Stevenson, c/o Horno, Gollan'e Valley, Eastbourne, did not appear, and their appeals were dismissed.- ' ... .-.-" : .

The case of-Joseph Henry Thomas, compositor, 14 Home Street, Welllng•ton, whose appeal was supported b.V his •widowed mother,' was heard,- and decision was reserved till to-day, pending an inquiry as to whether Thomas's apprenticeship rights will be safeguarded if he goes to the war. The board will sit again at 10 o'clock this morning.