ANOTHER BUSY DAY

Southland Times, Issue 24839, 3 September 1942, Page 5

ANOTHER BUSY DAY

SITTING OF APPEAL BOARD The sitting of the Southland Armed Forces Appeal Board was continued in Invercargill yesterday, and the members of the board again had a busy day with sessions in the morning, afternoon and evening. The majority of the appeals heard in the morning and afternoon were from or on behalf of farmers or farm workers. In the majority of the cases sine die adjournments were garnted with the proviso that the reservist should serve in the Home Guard. In the evening the board dealt with 120 appeals on behalf of railway employees in Southland. The majority were new appeals, but a number of the cases had already been dealt with by the board and came up for review at the end of stipulated periods fixed by it. The following appeals dealt with in the morning and afternoon were adjourned’ sine die:—S. L. Ayton and W. T. Ayton for Samuel Leslie Ayton, farmer, OtautauAparima R.D.; G. Fredric Ltd. for Hector Fletcher Day, plumber, Invercargill: William Bremner Black, farmer, Aparima R.D.; James Anton Baird, farmer, Winton; Wright, Stephenson and Co. Ltd. for John Barron, accountant, Invercargill; Director of National Service for Ernest Samuel Nichol, seedsman, Invercargill; G. C. Carran and A. Napper for Gordon Carmichael Carran, threshing mill owner, Woodlands; T. Bird for John Harrington Bird, farmer. West Plains: R. C. Brash for James Charles Brash, farmer, Titiroa; Director of National Service for Matthew Brice, farm hand, Riverton; Director of National Service for Albert Lawrence Woods, flaxcutter, Riverton; Director of National Service for Mark Frederick Turner, flaxmiller, Riverton; John Robbie and others for Walter Hastings, garage proprietor, Woodlands; D. A. Scott for William Richard Batt, tractor driver, Wrights Bush; Francis Henry Bennett, farmer, South Hillend R.D.; James Henry Alfred Blatch, farmer, Lumsden; Douglas Clifford Booth, farm labourer, Aparima R.D.; J. Marshall for Alexander Richard Boyd, engine driver and bushman, Winton; Director of National Service for Cyril Morgan James Boyle, farm hand. South Hillend; Frank Brown, farmer. Mataura Island; John Samuel Brown, farmer, Morton Mains; Alister Burnett, farmer, Winton; J. Caughey and K. Caughey for James Caughey, farm manager, Winton; Reginald Blakie Clark, farmer, Otahuti R.D.; James Hugh Burke, farmer, Browns; Charles David Kilgour Calder, farmer, Wright’s Bush; S. G. Clark and A. W. Clark for Stanley Glendinning Clark, farmer, Ryal Bush; C. Clark for Albert Edward Clark, farmer, Winton; S. R. Allen for Eric Cameron, farm hand, Mataura Island; Andrew Kinross Craik, farm manager, Wrights Bush; William Christie, farmer, Pahia; Robert Wilbur Chamberlain, farmer, Blackmount R.D.; William Caughey, farmer, Otahuti R.D.; J. and J. P. Cronin for Leonard Wilfred Cronin, farmer, Mabel Bush; Ashley Samuel Bailey, farmer, Heddon Bush R.D.; Shaw, Savill and Albion Co. Ltd. for Reuben Ernest Brown, shipwright, Bluff; William Haywood Buckingham, farmer, Putangahau R.D.; I. R. Wills for Francis Cathcart, farm manager, Mossburn; Richard Davidson Cook, farmer, Wrights Bush; Director of National Service for Robert Thomas Cowan, farm hand, Wrights Bush. An appeal of William John O’Kane for exemption till December 31 next was granted. An appeal of J. Boyle on behalf of Thomas Joseph Boyle, farm hand, Winton, was dismissed as at November 30, 1942. An appeal by New Zealand Milk Products Ltd. for Richard Paynter Brinsdon, departmental chief, Waikiwi, was adjourned to December 31, 1942.

An appeal by Louis Dawson, labourer, Invercargill, was dismissed. RAILWAY CASES

The following appeals, all new cases, on behalf of railway employees were adjourned sine die, the employee being stationed at Invercargill unless otherwise stated:—S. W. Allott, Tuatapere; J. H. Badman, Gore; F. A. Bartlett; W. O. Bates, Warepo; L. J. Bentley; C. R. G. Bewley; K. A. Breen, Gore; R. L. Brown, Balclutha; J. Burgess, Wairio; W. R. Clark; S. J. Collie, Wairio; W. B. Cook, Lumsden; H. J. Cooper, Bluff; C. P. Cowan, Athol; J. E. Crengle, Colac; T. P. Daley, Gore; S. G. Davies; M. Dudley; J. R. Dunlop, Milbum; M. J. Dyet, Kennington; S. L. Eastlake; T. W. Finnie. Thornbury; G. C. Foster, Tahakopa; R. J. Fraser, Gorge Road; A. B. Frye, Balclutha; I. B. Gordon, Winton; R. G. Hawes, Greenhills; H. R. Herbert, Milton; J. H. Hill; C. K. Johnson, Wairio; H. G. Jordan; J. Keelty; J. H. Kerr. Milton; D. B. Kilgour, Thombury; C. E. Lavery, Bluff; J. R. McCallum, Gore Road; R. J. McClintock, Lovell’s Fiat; R. M. McDonald, Five Rivers; C. A. McDonald. Pukerau; T. McHugh, Walpahi; K. G. McKenzie; A. D. McLean, Josephville; J. A. McNeill, Owaka; R. C. Mackley, Waihoaka; C. H. Marshall; W. G. Miles, Gore; D. J. Munro, Stirling; J. O’Sullivan, Tuatapere: A. C. Paine; G. Rankin, Waikaka; J. Rattray, Kingston; W. A. Richardson, Clinton; J. Rimmer; W. D. Rodgers, Bluff; A. L. Schroeder, Otauku; H. Seaton; C. C. Skerrett, Mflton; J. B. Sparks, Waipahi; H. R. Stevenson; W. J. S. Strain, Milbum: C. G. Strang; E. V. Strang, Garston; R. J. Treloar; R. L. Treloar; R. W. J. Trusler, Bluff; J. W. Urquhart; J. F. White, Tapanui; J. S. B. N. Williams, Clinton. The following appeals were dismissed:— J. E. Finn, Riversdaie; S. F. Maguire (as at October 31); F. E. Tomlin, Lumsden.