THE HEMP INDUSTRY.
NOT AN ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY. MILITARY SERVICE BOARD’S DECISION. 'When the ease of Sydney Centennial Greedy, llaxmill foreman, Tokoiuaru, came before the Military Service Board at Palmerston yesterday, solicitor for appellant stated that, the whole question of the appeal depended on whether the Board considered Jlaxmilling an essential industry. If the Board decided that the industry was not an essential one the appeal would he withdrawn.
Mr D. G. A. Cooper, after a short consultation with the Board, announced that Jlaxmilling was not considered an essential industry by the Board.
Counsel was then given leave to withdraw the appeal. Captain Orr Walker, military representative. said lie hoped notice would he taken of lids decision and that no appeals would he made unnecessarily. Mr McLaren, a member of (lie Board, said that while an industry might be considered essential to a certain extent all the Board had to decide was whether it was essential for war purposes.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1698, 14 April 1917, Page 3
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158THE HEMP INDUSTRY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1698, 14 April 1917, Page 3
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