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MILITARY SERVICE BOARD

SITTINGS At SAWEEAv- "" >■ ' '' A sitting of the First ' tary Service Board—Messrs D. G. Jtl' ■ > Cooper, 8.M., W. Perry and D. McLarS -v —was held at Hawera on Monday. ' HOME SERVICE. The following appeals werextfoririitHjjr - dismissed, appellants having been, ' ,> cal boarded C2 (home service): XieginalcH . Cook, town clerk, Kaponga; Robert Mor3 timei- Adair, farmer, Waitotfcra; Albertt ' ■' Ernest Edward Belcher, farm, mauagerj, Cardiff; Albert Bird farmer, Te Kiri-Ji - John Brown, farmer, Cardiff; Davidll : ' Campbell, farmer, Straihraore.. The ap4 peal of Norman Samuel CopeJand, farfl mer Taiporohtmii, was also disntisseds * appellant having been classified unfit lor} • active service. The appeal of Frederick] ' Cook, small goodsman, Stratford, waa ' adjourned, as appellant has to be: iiedi* cal boarded. "j EXTENSION GRAFTED.

William John Butler, dairy fajihera Manaia (Mr. Bennett), applied for 1 & * month's extension of leave to enable himi to arrange his affairs. It appeared that*appellant and his brother were co-» partnership before the -war, and he had* bought out his brothers interest.to enn. able him to go to the war; now tfte ap« pellant intended to arrange his own«tf->. . fairs to enable him also to serve biqi country. • , The chairman, in granting the ap* plication, said the appellant had .«*, a very fine spirit. ? ' " '

DECISION RESERVED. Norman John Campbell, farmer, Wavcrley (Mr. Spratt), appealed on f&o, ground of public interest. ?}& Evidence was given by the appellant that he was working a large sheep farm on behalf of his parents. dcavor had been made to sell the place, and also in the alternative to obtain » "• manager. - , ■ >■" Counsel also put in a petition from - the settlers of Kohi, Btating that the ap- •r, pellant was the only expert shearezj ■ available in the district. • ' Mr. Spratt contended that as the appellant was shouldering all the rc-. ~ sponsibilities of a SeGond Division km t-A servist he was.entitled to some -consider* , ation —until the end of the year, he Bug* ' gested. Tliere was no doubt that if tSa, War was prolonged appellant would havq ' to make provision to go to the war. ■ " The Board reserved its decision sina die. TIME ASKED FOR. ' {

Hugh Henry George Bennett, fanner, Kohuratahi, applied for three extension of time-to enable , him to com-t plete lambing operations, and also latei} the shearing. ' i The appeal was dismissed, appellants being granted leave until November 13.| James Bourke, farmer, Kohi, Wavers ley, who was represented by Mr. Welsh,; asked for leave until October to enablq * him to get over the lambing season. The appeal was dismissed, .the board! granting the appellant leave'until'OcttH ber 10. • ADJOURNED. ' John l Matthew Charlton, dairy fanner,' Waverley, asked for a little time to«en-t \ s■> able him to find a purchaser for -W leasehold farm. B The appeal was *adjtournedfirst, sitting after August, scuas.toiillow the appellant to consult--the fSSMenejj Board as to hiss case, , -tv; A CROPPIN&..»IFFICUItTY. ■ Francis .John Christianson, dairy* farmer, Waverley, applied for 'two months* . j exemption in order to allow, sorno'crop- ' I ping'on his.mother'sefarm to be oomi \J pleted, • ' ' , • ■„?, The appeal was dismissed, and the ■, '■;< pellant granted leave until* GctoberHfl , ,•"< ONLY MAN ONIFARM. ' William James Coates, dairy farmer, "<* Lowgartli (Mr. A. A. Stewart), appeal" . r.j cd on jhe grounds of undue hardship ;m<l "* public interest. It whs shown that ap< pellant was the only man on the farm* ' , which lie worked foy his mother, 1 ~ were four sisters.on the place, and they'' V could not do the heavy work of plough ing, fencing and stumping, etc. The ■sdt-'" ■ ;; nessos stated that there was a of agricultural labor in the L&wgsrtli district, and that neighbors would I»unable to do the ploughing and cropping on appellant's farm, because they had , their own hands more than fuHyfcocoa*'" 1 " pied. . > - The board retired toconsider the case, •and subsequently announced that the ap* peal would be adjourned until the first ■ sitting -after August in order to •allovjj,. of the Efficiency Board reporting on it<

Some appeals put in by dairy factorjf f . directors were adjourned until nejrtj Monday to enaWe the board to fur* nished with statistics showing the posi» tion of the dairy Industry in T&sawCfeJ ■< in regard to the number of faetoriWcand ' the nafnes of the employees who werd considered to be essential. • ( Hie Board then adjourned.—■Siw.

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Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1917, Page 5

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MILITARY SERVICE BOARD Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1917, Page 5

MILITARY SERVICE BOARD Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1917, Page 5

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