MILITARY APPEAL BOARD.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 24 May 1917, Page 5

MILITARY APPEAL BOARD.

TAIHAPE APPEAL CASES. Jf h l HrSt Wdllngton Militarv Service Board, presided over by Mr! D. G. .A. Cooper, S.M., sat in the Taibapa - J«se>teraay, and disposed of souie do.cn and a *alf t oxg to the f ront 8o;ae of • 2 " ° Dly askcd f or time to dhous of their property and safely invest the proeeeos, while others thought there ve IC Mready plenty ut the fr<mt .^ vU «" ir "°t Soi°B was not a matter of any consequence. Unfortunately for the latter they could not persuade the So-d to see eye to eye with them. It Voems that members of the Board are getting much more familiar with their work if a spice of contempt is any proof thereof. Just a little of the aforetime brilliance has been rubbed off Captain Walker, or he wasn't in good goino- order, several sine dies getting past him. The father of one appellant, w is asked why he couldn't look after his farm, and do the milking so that his son could go and fight for both of them, «nd when he replied that he had his knee «ut out, and could not milk with a le<» like that, the chairman of the Board asked whether he milked with his leg, and Captain Walker didn't smile. One ballotted mail thought he should be excused because he had a brother at the front. Mr. David McLaren, erstwhile .Labour leader, volunteered that the information that while the Board was setting somewhere in Taranaki a case ran up against it in which eleven brothers and their father were all at the front. The appellant in the box looked serious and said, "They must be Scotch.' 7 Captain Walker complimented oneman by telling him lie was a fine, sol-dierly-looking man, and that he would not like to miss him. The appellant saw the disguised insinuation and indignantly repudiated any suggestion that he didn't want to go> to the frontHe was ready to go as soon as he could dispose of his stock and make arrange* ments for the care of his land. That time the Board gave and the man retired quite satisfied. There were one or two who brought with them a tired feeling, but on the whole the Court was

by. no means a dispiriting seeanee; - chips of wit,,were frequent from bench. boS, and'baw_.an4-^pjiee. the.-.attendants i in-the loudly applaud- j appellants. _; Business did not First- ■' al briskness".' Nevertheless it still aeld a '-considerable lead over No. '2, -itß '\ runner-up. The cases, 'disposed of $, were:— "..:. J S. McDonald, blacksmith, KarioJ, : adjourned till nextXsitting, and ordered to be examined by the Medical Board at Ohakune on Saturday. Thomas Mugridge, sawmiiler, Ohakune, did not appear and he was ordered to go into camp.

Richard Gavigan, ploughman, etc., Mangaonoho, was exempted till the 24th July. Thomas Patrick Wright, Mangaweka, did not answer his name and his appeal was dismissed.

Joseph Corbett, farmer, Utiku, thought he could dispose of his sheep, cattle and land by July 24th, and the Board gave. him. exemption till that date. i. : - vV V : : ' \

; David Wilkie Wilson, farmer, Ore Ore, presented a good case and his appeal was adjourned sine die.

Arthur John O'Neill, farmer, Raetihi, did not appear. He was ordered

to go into camp. * John August Srandt, farmer. Taihape, was given to the 26th June ia which to finish his crutching and complete arrangements for going into camp. Henry Richaid Pike, sheepfarmsit, Raetihi, who appealed on April 24th, said there was no alteration in his case, and the Board adjourned it sine dieHenry Lloyd-Brown, sheepfarmer, Raetihi. This ease had been referred to the Efficiency Board. It was ad-

journed sine die. The appeal of Robert Allan, farmer, Okakune, was also adjourned sine die. Timothy James Sullivan, farmer, Rua hine, had not been before the Medical Board, ond his ease ws»S adjourned till the next sitting of the Board. The ease of Patrick McCartin. farmer's assistant, had been classed C2 by the Medical Board, and it was dealt with accordingly. Donald Geo. Eustace, dairy farmer, Utiku, was given till the 20th June to go into camp. Paddv Collins, farmer. Ohingaiti was /,i „n the appeal of his father, exempted, on u"- -t 1 till 20th June. \lfred Horton and Walter Hortoa, of Mataroa, did not appear and their appeals were dismissed. The Court then rose. \