MILITARY SERVICE BOARD

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 255, 16 July 1918, Page 7

MILITARY SERVICE BOARD

■ CASES HEARD IN THE CITY '■ Tho First Wellington Mililarv Service • Board wt in Wellington ywtenlav. In ; (.lie absence of Mr. J). G. A. Cooper, S.ll , • ™ chair was occupied hr \f r D . iULarcn. J'ho other member.; of the e An applicntion for leave was made bv Irnopp-r I'raneis Golightly, I'orty-l.hivd t Leinioreements. Goli S hl;ly claimed to be • a high country sucpherd, and his appeal ; was supported by the Efficiency Board. . Decision was reserved. ; Samuel Stump, iV steward, appsaled on ; tlie ground that lie is an Australian Hh i appeal was allowed. The Wellington Puhlisliing- Co. appealed _ for an extension of time for Charles , iieorgo Weston, chief sub-editor of The , )omjnjox, a voluntary recruit. Tho i board recommended leave fill lJtcombcr. ; Jfr. James Macintosh, cliainnan of direci tors of tlie Welliiißtoii PiiblishiiiK Co., \ slated that (ho editor.of The Dominion . (Mr. C. Eai-le) had left for Englnml with tho Press iklo?alM at the invitation of ■ tho Home authorities, and there was iiu ono who could fill Mr. Weslon'.s place. ' This ivos-the company's first appeal, and ] it was merely an application for leave till {he return of Mr. Earle. ! An adjournment-, was made till jvoveni- : bur in tho case of Alexander S. Mitchell, • engineer, who appealed on the grounds ; o; hardship and public interest. Indelinite leave was recommended for Ti-ivate Charles llai'ris, of the- Fortieth ! Reinforcements. Percy Major applied for a transfer to ' a lolcr draft, anil was recommended for fonrtiieu days' leave. [ T. L. Craigie, n returned soldier, made , an a pp.l ica lion (or discharge. The board . reserved decision for a mouth. : Daniel Edward Mnnson, Veterinary Spc- ! lion, I'eatberston Military Camp, applied [ for an extension of leave.' Threo monllis' Iciivo is to be recommended. The case of Kicbard A. Jlotcalfe, commercial traveller, was adjourned till nest sittiiif;. A sine die adjournment: ww mad" in the rase of Percy John Gray, supervisor, Eastern Extension Cable Co. 'J'lriifst Charles Bnisch, enginwr, appealed, and his caso va< iidjourncd till ! the next sitting of thi> board. An adjournment till September was made respecting flip case of JT. A\ r . L. ; Drewitt, farm manager, I'araparanmu. ' David .Tones uppenled on various grounds. He stated that he was a ship's ■ ollicci , . and was not a res'i'rvist. After ennsiileralion uf I'ho evidence the. board dismissed -(lie a])peal. Adjournments till the next Wellington sitting of the board were made in 1 lie following cases:—AVallcr Andrews, driver. Kilbirnie; llonald 3l'Xab, -tailor; . Albert John Trcmbath and Patrick ■; Bodgcre, railway il reman. KcMJamin Conaiit O'Connor, chemist, for whom the trustees of the United ' Friendly Societies appealed, had his case adjourned sine die. It was stilled io thu ( board that the Iriislees had been unablo to find a. man to lill O'Connor's jilace. ; Tho military leproM'itlativo remarked that (hero seemed to be a laclc of organisation of chemists. AVm. Le Uston Stewart, railway porter, had his appeal dismissed with leave till September 10. . ' ] Uftisiiiii was 'rosf-rved in Ihe case of ' Tlio-. .l.uiics Hnrvey, clprk, .llalnilai. f Hector 000. Thirkell w.is appealed for by his father on the ground that ho was under age. The appeal was allowed. No recommendation was maclo in tho ( c.isi; of Eric A. Black, of the Forty- ] lifth Reinforcements, who sought leave. An appeal was made by a sister. of J .Leslie -T. Edmonson for the return of. her brother from active service.. The board 1 decided that it had no recommendation to malco. • J. K. Gowc-r, a returned soldier, was given one month's leave of absence. His mother made tho application. Tho board will sit again at 10 a.m. to-day.