MILITARY SERVICE BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 August 1917, Page 7

MILITARY SERVICE BOARD.

NEW PLYMOLTJS APPEAIE , |ji 32* Ho. 1 Military fiervjsa BWR* (Mraws D. Q. A. Cooper, SiM., eludnrtSß, W. Peny, ami ,]), MoLaren) eonttnaaL Ite sitting in New Plymouth yesterday. '9*pt(dfl Walker, military representative, »nd Major Cox, officer couunanding the gr»up, were present. ' ""v ' TIME WANTED. William Thomas Thompson., dairy far- ■ nior, Omata, for wkomiMr. Johnstone ap-' peared, applied for time in which to' 1, tlear up nis affairs, he having recently ■ sold lis farm to enable him to attend to' liis military duties. He had three horses to sell, and that would clear him up so. .. far as the farm was concerned, but ho wished to go to Palmerston to see to the'' \ disposal of some household property" J there.—Leave granted till September 18. '* JPred West, farmer, Miro, also asked J j for time, stating that he had volunteered. ] i for the 34th Beinforcemeiits, and wanted J jto get away with them. If granted leave-' i I till September he. would bo able to inake : ;', I the fceeessary arrangements.—lew ; !' granted till 18th September, i; E. Q. 8. Gibson, f*rmar, Okato, for H whom Mr. A. A. Bennett appeared, said that since the adjournment of his appeal' in May he had arranged to sell bis land-'"■ and &U he wanted was time to complete his negotiations and dispose of his stock. , ■*-, Leave granted till October 16, ;' ( J3NANCIAL DimCT&TJEft i ! " Walter Clifford Ardero deposed that hia position was just the same as oa 13th June last, when his case was adjourned till the present sittings. His wife was now out of the hospital, and at home. ' He could not make any arrangements for her as it took him all his time to livo. Her mother depended on the old age pen-' • sion, and her father was dead. She (ap- , pellant'a wife) was still under Dr. Wallser.

The chairman: If you allowed her 4s per day out of your pay she will get £2 Os 3d per week, including the allowance for the child. If her mother lived with her the additional old age pension would make the income £2 10s 3d par week.

The appellant said he was paying 12* Gd per week rent. The chairman said no doubt it application were made to the Financial As* .sistance Board an arrangement could b» ,ruttd« as to the rent. The cast) would b» r fcdjouxeail till next sittings. AYLWARB'S APPEAL The appeal of John Aylward (Mr, A. H. Johnstone), farm assistant, Warea, was again before the board, it having been adjourned from June on condition that he should endeavor to obtain assistlance in his milking work. | The appallant said he could not get ' suitable shuremlLkeM, mow ei tlaa thinking there were too many cows. Them were at present 17 cows giving milk, but the others would be coming in soon, when there would be between 00 and i 00. There were also 200 dry cattje. The a,re» of the farm was 500 acres. In ,tho slack season he had got the aid of two Maoris to split pc*U; that was aU the assistance he had got.

To Captain Walkor: The appeal had been adjourned till this sittings on con~ dltion that he endeavored to get aharemilken.' He had made enquiries but had been unable to obtain them. He had offered one mm the be3t wages going, but he had refused, stating he would prefer sharemilkuig on a smaller farm. He had not advertised for share-milkers or replied to any advertisements. Mr. Burgess, who had given evidence on his bohalf at the previous meeting, had advised him not to have sharemilkors, as tho place ..'as too scattered. Mr. Burgess, whose place adjoined appellant's, had employed shavsniilkjiu's for several years. Appellant's father had done very little on the farm for the past three months. Wbon able his father was always a busy man. He had applied to the Government agency and two private agencies in 3S"ew Plymouth for men for general farm work, including milking, but nothing had come of it. To itr. Johnstons: 0n» of the «» h* hud spokes t» was a Second Ditlsiea ! man.

Mi- Johnstone, in answer to the chair- j man, said appellant was willing to go,' and no doubt would have to go. The question was, when ? The board had been verv goad in the matter, and they would j te c ognia» that the farm was a vary larg* cms. Rightly or wrengly thM» im » strung objection by a aumbw oi turner* to »hAr«m"iiklng ttuuiu of uaoerUtoty and lack of oentreL Mr. Bw&««*, m f«r as eounsal could wcollect, t*d stated 1m would rather a*U out ttaa k» trovthM with shoremUiuM. Mr. MoLwen: T3»t iro»U 1» M «•; trsorduviry sUteiawt from a bm i*hfc 1 ha* been sharamilklag far * sum** eTj yos». Captam W»lker: For twenty ?«r», *» ( I am instructed.

Mr. Johnstone, in answer to the board, said ho did not thinl: ho couJd offer any suggfcstion as to how the case shonlil 1>» met, mnlass some system were devised ]>y tha Government to overcome such diilir cultica. Mr Perrr said aoia» pa»pl«' se«w4 to think the fooverirauMLt shoniil do tnsrythiag. Tho board had again and aga* emphasised that they expected men to appellant's position to exert every effort, to "husUa" aa the Americans would say, in making arrangements for assistants 1 to order that the/ mi»kt g*t »w*y to fl» service of thai* ooußtry. Ms. rntew*iw bad said the brx*A. had beas *«cr good; it seemed to him (Mr. Peny) Uwnt th* boards goodneea was being abused. Mr. Johnstone said tho man had done all he possibly could. The chairman said the appeal had been adjourned on the distinct understanding that overy effort would bo made to obtain assistance. The appellant's however, did not appear to have besw very iStrenuons. The appeal would bo dismissed and leave granted till ISth Sep. 1 •tember. 1 CONDITIONS WORSE. In tho case of WUliam Smallwood Ifencott, whoSo appoal had also boeu »4-; jourred from the June sittings, Mr. 1. E. Wilson appeared for the appellant, and said "the- only change in the conditions since then "had been slightly for tho worse. The boy who had been looked as a really good stand-by had now left the station at Awakino. Counsel wished the court to recognise that in making the appeal on behalf of this man. his binployer, Mr. Battley (since dead), Iwd I'-oou quite auuiuru, and had had xt»' desire to interfere with the service r«-, ([iiived by the country. Captain Walker said the appellant wa.; a young man of 2H, and perfectly fit for military aaivioe. No doubt he was a 'thoroughly competent man, and of vajluo to his employers, but' is. vi*\T of the fast that thousands and thousand* of mm *i tho iirst Division had bean turned dawn as fit only for home service, it should not be difficult to get a ploughman, if not as good, well, nearly as good, as annellant. He (Captaih Walker) sub-

mitted /that young men sueli as the appellant should not b« exempted from military service. In answer to the board Mr Wilson said hj» had not been advised as to any effort* that had been made to get a man in Swxsottt place, hut pointed out that 9. witn*» in a previous cane had stated th,»t applications to three agencies in New Plymouth had proved futile. Leave was granted till December, on condition that appellant remained in the same position. A fiOOD EXAMPLE. XhflmM Joseph Hall, dairy farmer at iUwgarth, applied for leave to complete hj,s arrangements. Ho was a voluntary recruit, having enlisted in July, and only wanted time till his brother, who had just arrived from the north, was prepared to take the place over, He had Wed his milking shares to his brother, «ad auiy asked tfll Eeptember to get matrprs ia proper going order. Captain Walker said the request was a most reasonable one. It would be a good thing if more brothers followed the example of the present appellant's. This brother had retired from farming and gone into business as a baker in the north, and now he had disposed of the business in order that ho might relieve the appellant for military service. The chairman said it was an example that others as well as brothers might well follow, Leave would be granted as requested till September 18, / DOMESTIC TIES. : J. (3. Brereton, farm laborer,, Ingle- ; wood (Mr. Johnstone) stated that tafere was no change in the condition of his affairs eince the adjournment of his ap. peal. He was the sole support of his parents and an invalid sister. The appeal was adjourned sine die and exemption granted on condition that he r»port% 'monthly to the group commander. HOME SERVICE. The appeal* of the following men, classed as C2 (home service), were dismissed; AUred John Turner, farmer, liiglewood; Albert Edward Williams, la;bor«r, Rabin; Norman Heppell, farmer, 'Ssatry Hill. Tke appeal of John Donnelly, bl«&< mqM, Ok*to, elMud m B£, wm with.rir»w« *nd dismissed, ud that of Br-. west Cbftrlss Lo«k» adjourned till nsit sitting, he at present beiag m inxants, «f th* hospital. Tin boarf thtt res* feiM die. ■iiiimni> ii -, -yL., , r '