CIVIL SERVANTS APPEALED FOR

Southland Times, Issue 24887, 29 October 1942, Page 3

CIVIL SERVANTS APPEALED FOR

BOARD HEARS CASES Appeals for a number of employees of Government departments were dealt with at the evening sitting of the Armed Appeal Board yesterday. During the ay j the board was engaged principally . ing farmers’ appeals. The board consisted Messrs E. H. Murney (chairman),, DCockburn and D. W. Stalker with Mr . Hinchey as Crown representative. . Appeals were decided as follows:— Public Works Department (electricity division).— Adjourned sine die: James Leslie Blackburn, electric linesman; Thomas lat rick Burke, electric faultsman, Riverton, Francis Ogilvie Clark, faultsman. Gore, George Ernest David Clark, electric linesman. Gore; Leslie Parata Evans, electric wiring inspector, Gore; Thornes Alan falconer, linesman, Gore; John Thomas Grant, sub-station operator; Eric Hewinson Hume, electrical engineer; Arthur William Moore, meter reader; Eric Peters, electrician, Winton; Robert Percy Smith, clerk; Victor Densham Stevens, wireman; Gordon Bryce Thomson, electrician, Riverton; Leslie Bernard Bowie Waldie. sub-station °P erator ’ Gore. An appeal for Joseph Arnold Marriott. district storekeeper, was dismissed at January 31. An appeal for Robert Neil Taylor, temporary senior linesman- was aajourned to February 28, 1943. F. O. Clark and L. B. B. Waldie opposed the appeals on their behalf. . ... Prisons Department.-Adjourned sine die. James Killeen, warder; Robert Crawford Haywood, warder instructor; Robert H. Meredith, warder. Public Works Department.—Adjourned sine die: A. P. Duncan, foreman of works; A. McFarlane, clerk of works; W. R. Jolly, diesel expert; J. S. Moir, grader driver, W. G. Philp, surfaceman and lorry driver. Adjourned to January 31: S. H. B. Symons, defence engineer. F. A. McSweeney, lorry driver. . .. Justice Department.—Adjourned sine die. A. Errol Crimp, clerk in court. Department of Agriculture.—Adjourned to April 30: K. Cottier, assistant instructor in agriculture. Marine Department.—Adjourned sine die. C. C. Emmens. lighthouse keeper, Dog Island; E. D. W. Miller, assistant lighthouse keeper, Puysegur Point. Post and Telegraph Department.—Adjourned sine die: R. G. Brown, clerk, Awarua; H. Forsyth, radio operator, Awarua; F. S. Gutzwitz, linesman; R. F. Hutchison, radio operator, Awarua; E. W. Lawrence, telephone mechanic; A. C. Osborne, telegraphist, Bluff; L. C. Wainwright, mechanician; S. Walden, telegraphist. Adjourned to December 31: S. A. Grant, telegraphist, Roxburgh. F. S. Gutzwitz, E. W. Lawrence and L. C. Wainwright opposed the appeals. RAILWAY APPEALS The following appeals by the Railways Department for 134 employees were aajourned sine die: —W. J. Anderson (cleaner), I. E. Argyle (labourer), J. W. Ashmore (surfaceman), W. A. R. Bell (clerk), J. W. C. Blair (clerk), G. H. Bolger (tablet porter), F. G. Broad (surfaceman), C. J. Brown (clerk), A. Buchan (clerk), D. B. Buchanan (surfaceman), J. J. Casey (guard), F. P. Cavanagh (shunter), W. J. Cavanagh (machinist), H. E. Clayton (porter), C. F. C. Clode (shunter), H. J. K. Colyer (cabinet-maker), R. J. S. Cooney (stationmaster), W. C. Crawford (cleaner), J. A. Creighton (shunter), F. G. Culling (clerk), A. H. C. Cuttriss (clerk), W. Davidson (fireman), G. C. Dempster (porter), O. S. Donaldson (labourer), R. Dougherty (train examiner), R. A. Dunnage (clerk), R. E. Durry (surfaceman), H. B. Eastlake (shunter), E. W. P. Edie (shunter), J. Egan (tablet porter), F. J. Fahey (surfaceman), M. B. Fell (fireman), J. E. Forde (surfaceman), R. F. Forde (porter), J. Fox (fitter), V. H. Freeman (striker), J. H. Fulton (surfaceman), A. T. Gandell (engineer), C. T. Gifford (clerk), F. C. Gordon (labourer), J. J. Harstonge (fireman), A. J. Hay (lineman). R. Haynes (surfaceman), J. L. C. Heads (painter), R. H. Hughes (fireman), R. Hurring (surfaceman), T. W. Jenkins (surfaceman), W. C. Johnston (cleaner), S. W. Jory (surfaceman), R. Kane (coalman), J. Kemp (surfaceman), C. I. Kenyon (tablet porter), A. T. I. Kirk (surfaceman), C. D. Kissell (holder-up), D. W. Ladbrook (labourer), A D. Lang (striker), T. F. Liken (fireman), G. U. Lindley (clerk), C. M. Lukey (shunter), J. P. Lyall (surfaceman), D. M. Lynch (porter), J. W. D. McDonald (labourer), J. Mclntyre (carpenter), A. T. McGarvie (surfaceman), G. A. McKeclmie (surfaceman), E. E. McLaren (surfaceman), Norman McLaren (surfaceman), B. F. McLaughlin (fireman), S. Lees (surfaceman), R. G. McQuare (tablet porter), D. M. McKenzie (surfaceman), E. I. Maginnes (clerk), J. R. Marshall (fitter), C. W. Martin (fireman), H. R. Martlew (porter), K. K. F. Mathews (fireman), D. J. Meffan (clerk), R. D. Miller (blacksmith), W. B. Mitchell (painter), T. H. B. Muntz (surfaceman), G. H. Murdoch (porter). H. Nelson (porter), A. D. Nisbet (turner), F. J. O'Donnell (surfaceman), S. A. O’Loughlin (clerk), W. F. O’Neill (carpenter), A. Orton (stationmaster), A. L. Patterson (cleaner), R. D. Pentecost (engineman), A. I. L. Petrie (porter), C. W. S. Philpot (surfaceman), L. E. Poulson (fireman), E. T. Preston (tablet porter), R. E. Richardson (boilermaker), L. L. Robertson (porter), C. G. Roderique (fireman), J. S. Roff (carpenter), W. J. Schluter (ganger), D. J. Schultz (labourer), J. E. Sheehan (fitter), J. L. Shepherd (clerk), T. Shields (surfaceman), E. G. Shirreffs (cleaner), J. D. Sinclair (surfaceman), C. H. Skerrett (labourer), E. A. A. Smith (blacksmith), L. G. Smith (car driver), W. G. Smith (shunter), F. H. N. Stapp (shunter), C. E. Stenton (fireman), L. W. Stephens (labourer), J. E. W. Stevens (tablet porter). J. W. H. Stewart (surfaceman), W. C. Strang, J. Stuart, N. Templeton. M. S. M. Thomson, J. M. Tomkinson (surfaceman), R. P. Taylor (stationmaster). A. L. Toshhach (holderup), N. Tuffery (labourer), T. B. Wallis (cleaner), W. C. Wellamn (car driver), L. M. Whelan (shunter); R. J. Wilkes (fireman), R. H. Williams (surfaceman), A. E. Wilson (machinist), J. A. Wilson (fitter), E. A. Winton (porter). G. B. Wishart (surfaceman), G. J. Woodward (shunter), W. G. Wright (clerk), A. S. Young (machinist). A. E. Wilson, A. D. Nisbet, G. A. McKechnie, R. Hurring, H. B. Eastlake and W J. Cavanagh objected to the appeals. OTHER CASES Other appeals were dealt with as follows :— Adjourned sine die.—J. G. N. O. Hewton, bus company manager, for G. G. Hewton, apprentice mechanic; same for A. W. Whitley, garage foreman; A. S. Russell and Co. for F. Calvert, mechanic; R. G. Speirs Ltd. for F. C. Checketts, plumber and foreman, for J. L. Cranstoun, tinsmith, for W. Ellis, plumber, and A. R. Small, plumber; D. Evans, farmer, Dipton, for Daniel Robert Evans; L. T. H. Eason, farmer, Tuatapere; A. E. Miller, farmer, Winton, for Joseph Dalziel Kerr, farm manager; D. Hurle, farmer, Fortrose, for Rupert Daniel Hurle; James McCosh, farmer, Mabel Bush; Herbert Clifford Jack, farmer, Tisbury; Southland Primary Production Council for Thomas Poole Johnstone, farmer, Isla Bank; Maybin Stanley Clelve Kennedy, farmer, Fortification; Director of National Service for Walter F. Lemon, dairy farm assistant, Seaward Downs (reservist to be available for camp in May, June and July); John Laughton, farmer. Wrights Bush, for John William Laughton, farm hand: George Chilton, farmer, Drummond, for Robert Alexander Laughton, farmer; A. E. Howden, farmer, Seaward Downs, for Edward Albert Howden, dairy farm assistant (reservist to be available for service in June, July and August); estate of J. L. Gilkison, farmer, Riversdale, for George McAuley, working farm manager; G. D. Keeler, master baker, Riverton; J. B. Evans, farmer, Hedgehope, for George Small Key, farm hand; R. D. McKenzie, farmer, Seaward Downs, for Dugald Archibald Livingstone, farm hand; Michael Henry McAnelly, farmer, Waimatua; George Murty Joseph Dennis, farmer, Woodlands; Adam Ogsten Fleming, farmer, Woodlands; George Brothers, farmers, Ryal Bush, for Henry Lyall George, farmer; Miss M. Fox, farmer, Walmahaka, for Vincent Fox, farmer; J. Dyet, farmer, West Plains, for Merven James Dyet, farm assistant; William Robert Drake, farmer. Seaward Downs; Southland Council of Primary Production for Cyril Arthur Diack, farm manager, Waianlwa; James Fairbum, farmer, Dacre; Angus Ferguson, farmer, Seaward Downs; J. A. Fowler, farmer, Winton, for James Gavin Fowler, farm hand; lan Gordon Fraser, farmer, Thornbury. Adjourned to stated dates:—William Seddon Diamond, farmer, Hedgehope (March 31, 1943); John Edwin Jones, farmer and shearer, Kapuka (November 15); Reginald Lindsay, farmer, Wrights Bush, for Erie Robert Alexander Lindsay (March 31, 1943); George Livingstone, farmer, Woodlands, for David Henry Livingstone, farm labourer (April 30, 1943). Withdrawn.—Moffett and Co. Ltd. for Kenneth George Wilson, engineer (March 31, 1943); William Brown Ireland, carrier and mail contractor, Otautau (January 31, 1943); A. W. Hall, farmer, Thornbury, for Samuel Laurence Johnstone, farm labourer (at December 31). Dismissed at December 31.—Southland Primary Production Council for Arthur William Ericson, farmer, Haldane; David lan Gerken, labourer, Invercargill. Dismissed at March 31, 1943—Thomas William Everett, farmer, Waimatua. John Frew, .farmer, Lochiel, was recommended for indefinite leave from the 1 Army.