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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 28 August 1917, Page 4

At the Military Service Board, siting at Wellington yesterday, Mr M. McVilly stated that arrangements had been made to release an additional 137 men, which cleared up 400 drawn in the first railway ballot. The Department did not ask for any further delay in these cases. Kach man would be notified that he had the right of personal appeal. :, The total number appealed for by the department 'since November, 1916, was 1285 Of these 500 had been dismissed, including the first 400 in the railway ballot, and 52 withdrawn. In 215 cases no appeals were lodged and, in addition, 210 men who enlisted bad been granted leave.: It wmuld be seen that 886 men had left theservice since November, 1916. -_- ;i >.,;■ *.• •• Premier Massey told ParHament lasfcA week that the U.S.S. .Co. had lost other steamer, the Eoscom,inon No lives .were lost. ( , ...