Military Service Board.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 17 August 1917, Page 2

Military Service Board.

(Detaileri report of meeting' held at Naseoy iast week). PcSh °>'*r- : ' N °- 1 Ml ' iita,, y Service fv ie 2-h 8 - smiD K at Nasebv on t.ie 9.h; preser.l—Messrs-H Y Wid» re"re Se C n rUv D e . Free^Sthe * ili «°*

We |f (farmer - Gimmerburn), for-whom,Mr J.I. Fraser appeared The father ht son was essential to the vvorW of bis properties, of which he had feted T^\T SeV for a num ber of years quired an experienced man to work tt bad been very sh>hf • losses ness added that ha retardedSLl.i Kd r fo°ri nq ?rry ad 46 °° ■""P-De-aw 6 ad J oUrned appeal of William b LrDßide <£° ! d niiner Pa" He ha, a single brother in the S/ and in the opinion of the board he should reside at home. The board i! of opinion that arrangementscln b made m this case, and the appeal will be 11 d " mU l ed - thß feser ™t not to fae called up before October James Walley Scott (farmer Kveasked for exemption until the end of Rob.r?£2 TT° ° f P««amen? ' (tbe father of the appellant) also wrote supporting this thfS: StatiDg that the res -vfft was the sole manager and partner with him in a property of TOOO^crw■ wh ch earned over 2000 sheep. _ T he' annel lantsaid that he had been willinTto th ?ffi m , et,mea g°' bu t in view of decided C Tt b ° f Sett ' mS a man ' h - "2 tr a waithl , eq - 6et of hi 3 fa tfa«, to await his turn In the ballot —The appeal was dismissed, reserv st not X The'? UP , U " tn Sr°lft° The appeal of Priscilla Ida Roberts on behalf of Arthur Walter Hill (fan? labourer, Gimmerburn), who had I.™ granted exemption until the end of the n '- J Waßaffain before the r tion - The Chairman remarKed that they were now facpd with the position of having to fi x the time when these men would have to go —The appeal was dismissed, the reser/.?i al K h -, C u Wl ">« Bppeal had been adjourned sine die again appeared before the board but as bis circumstances showed practically no alteration, his case was adjourn-■ for three months. J

The appeal of John Brown (farmer Gimmerburn), who had been closed as '■«„ J. 36 * lloWed on the ground that the appellant was over age. Appeal for a MedicaTMan. Ibe St. Bathans Medical Aid Club n^ e r aD ff aPPeal ° n beila,f of Vincent Denis Griffen, a qualified medical Ktionsr, on the ground that his ser.- ~ vices were essential to the district, and that a successor could not be obbehalf of the club. Patrick Francis M'Carthy (secretary ox the St. Bathans Medical Aid Club) gave evidence to the effect that in company with Mr R. Scott, M.P he had interviewed Dr Valentine on" the 5^' ns t-> and had placed the position of the district before him. An assurar.ce had been given then that the whole-matter; would be considered. I At this stage the chairman read a letter from Dr Byres (Waipia'ta) expressing his willingness to do Dr Griffen s work at St. Bathans durin- the period of the war, and asked the" witness if this communication altered the position.

Witness: No, because it would be unfair to hand Dr Griffen's "practice over to anyone else.

MrKellett: Did it not strike you that this was the proper tribunal to apply to and not Dr Valentine —No we thought Dr Valintine had the eantrol of these matteis.

Mr Kellett: That is whsre you make the mistake.

ihe Chairman: It seems to me that the Medical Aid Uub wants to act in exactly the same position as iD peace times.

Dr Griff en said he had volunteerrd for service in January, when he in tended to ask for leave.

j The Chairman said it di.l not appear ■ ts make a great deal of difference what I the board did in the matter. ThH Medical Department would probably arrange f'-e matter as it saw fit, and the board did not think these appeals helped'at all. The question of what would happen in the Waipiata district also entered into the consideration. The board would reserve its determination of this appeal for n month, and in the meantime would communicate with Dr Valintine and forward him a codv of Dr Byres' letter.