MILITARY SERVICE.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 14 July 1917, Page 6

MILITARY SERVICE.

EXEMPTION REFUSED. "NOTHING AGAINST GERMAN." Before the First Military Service Board on Wednesday. Peter J. Fee. labourer, of Ponsonby, asked for exemption on the ground that he was supporting his mother. k Appellant also said he held religious objections to taking life. He suffered from pleurisy "and considered that he •was not fit to serve. He had previously •volunteered, but had been rejected. The Chairman: Have your views changed?—No, they never change.

Mr. Pine: Well, why did you enlist If you objected to taking life —I volunteered, knowing that I would be rejected, and that if I did not volunteer I would not be able to get work. The Chairman: I suppose'you don't care who wins the war? —It does not make much difference to me; I've got nothing against the Germans. The Chairman: Are you pro-German? No. Mr. Pine: Well, you're a bright specimen of a young New Zealander. —Oh, iWell, I don't care much about people's opinions. The Chairman: Would you let a man ■walk over you? Appellant said he would fight to take care of himself, but he did not believe in fighting for others'who were "keeping him down in this country." The Chairman: The appeal is dismissed. Appellant: I don't care; I will be all Tight. There are other ways. Mr. Pine: You will be all right when you get there.