MILITARY SERVICE BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1918, Page 5

MILITARY SERVICE BOARD.

HAWERA SITTINGS

The Military Service Board resumed its sittings 011 Monday morning'. Harold J.'Susans, dairy farmer, Strailord, appealed 011 the ground o:-public interest und undue hardship. He and IIU wife were running a dairy farm of 2tk) odd acres, and had no assistance,—Adjourned till the May sitting of the Board, John 8. Darleyinan, farmer, Kaponga. This was an appeal adjourned from last sitting. Appellant stated that the conditions 011 his farm were unchanged, and were precisely as stated at last hearing. —Reserved sine die. Robert J. Morris, farmer, Opunake. This was an adj.ourned ease from last sitting, in order to obtain Mr. Gilbert's evidence. In reply to Captain Walker, appellant said that 10110 of his five brothers-in-law could help on appellant's father's farm. George Gilbert said he had been working 011 thi s farm since about May, 1910. There was a man named Henderson employed, who was practically an extra hand, as compared with the numbVr employed there the previous season. They were now milking approximately the same number of cows and carrying the same quantity of ypung stock, pigs, etc., as they hac'. the previous year. Captain Walkfer asked w'itness whether, if appellant went intojiamp, the farm could in his opinon be run satisfactorily. Witness said tha' what might appear to lie satisfactory lo him might not be to his employers. He did not, however, considc that a fnir question. (11 reply to fifrther questions, witness said he would not dream of assuming the managemen' of this farm. IJven with their present labor a considerable amount of the farm work, such as ditching, etc., hud gone back, and even under competent direction, arid assuming that appellant went into canr» necessary farm work would go back, and thirty or forty chains of boundary fences that should have b<;en done last year would remain undone. So far as the milking 0!' the cows was ocncerned that work alone could be done without appellant. Apart from the milking business a good deal of dry stock was run on the farm, and appellant did all the buying and selling of this. Witness hud not done any ploughing or putting in of crops on Morris's.—Decision reserved. Arthur F. 11. Barrett, dairy farmer, Mahoe (Class A) appealed on the ground of public interest and undue hardship. Appellant, aged 34, had been married seven years and bad ao children. He was farming 206 acres and milking' 50 qows by machines.—Decision reserved sine die. George Conrod Schumacher, dairy farmer, Midhirst (Class A) appealed on the grounds of public interest and undue hardship. He was married in July, 1912, and had no children. He was milking 37 cows by machine. So far as bis nationality was concerned, his father was Swiss and his mother a German Pole His wife was a "TJhlenberg." He had no objection to militarr service, and was willing to go into cjwnp after the end of' the present milking season, about July.— Decision was reserved pending decision of headquarten as to whether appellant may be accepted as a member of the Ny.E.F., owing to alien parentage. Ernest E. Wills, cheesemaker, P,iverlea. This was an employer's appeal, and Mr! Geo. Death, chairman of directors of the Kaponga Dairy Company, Ltd., gave evidence. His company asked for leave for Wills till the c. of when the directors would consider replacing bim by promoting another employee. Tbis wag W ills second season with the comnanv is a first assistant, and he was a Very capable m«n. He was quite essential to (he company's operations for this «ea«on. —Leave granted t" June 25. Henry B. Tayliss, dairy farmer, Kaupokonui, appealed on grounds of public interest and undue hardship. Appellant stated he was married in 1915, and had ope child. He was farming two farmsone of 189 acres at Kaupokonui, on which he wa s milking 71 cows by machine. He employed a girl to assist in the stripping of the cows, as well as help in the house. Otherwise he did all the work on the farm himself, mil-kin-ploughing, etc. The other farm at Opunake was carrying dry stock, and he took this over to free his brother-in-law, Roy Maehray, to go into camp. In reply to Captain Walker, appellant repeated that he wa« running this farm of 189 acres and milking 71 cows satisfactorily, with only the partial assistance of a girl. He had over -21 acres under crop at present. He did all the ploughing and ctopping and looked after the business part as well. Captain Walker: This is interesting, in view of other cases.—Decision reserved sine die. John Gilbert Catley, farm bend, Mangatoki, appealed on the ground of publie interest and undue hardship. Jfe was assisting on his father's dairy farm, and they were milking 60. cows with machines. His father was 55 years of age, and had no other male assistance. Appellant's father said the boy was anything but strong, and besides that he could not possibly run the fnrm without his lielp. Ho had about 30 acres under the plough—Decision was reserved. Felix S. Stellier, dairy farmer, Kaimata, appealed on the usual grounds. He was farming 177 acres ax/1 \*a. milking 38 cows by hand. His father (deceased) was a German, and his mother a Pole. His mother was in good health,' and she could manage the milking, with the assistance of a younger brother and sister, but appellant was the only man able to do cropping, etc.—Decision was reserved, pending reference to military headquarters ou the question of alien parentage. Upqn resuming after lunch the chairman announced that in the cases of R. J Morris and J. G. Catley the Board dismissed tlie appeals and granted leave until June 25. Arthur Loveday, farmer, lnglewood, applied for leave till the end of March or the beginning of April.—Granted till April 2. Henry E. Kerr, dairy farmer, Tariki, applied for leave till the end of May. Ho was married in Wl3, but had no family. He was farming 89 acres, milking 20 cows by machine. . His wife assisted, but he had no other help.—Leave granted till May 28. Harry Karena, Oktiiawa, appealed on the ground that be was not a ruservist. He was employed in tha freezing works at Smart Road, and was a Maori.—The nppeal was allowed. Henry H. G. Plews, farmer, Tuna, lnglewood. This was a ease adjourned from December 5 to allow appellant to' ascertain if his brother would take over his farm. He admitted that lie bad not strenuously urged him to do so, and his brother (who was married, with one child) was disinclined to do so, not knowing when lie would be called up. Appellant urged religious objection to military service, and also to military ambulance work on the ground that it was assisting militarism. The Court reminded him that as a farmer producing food for sol*

-i J-=S -uwau^, ilier? lie was assisting militarism, MMF", suggested Hint lie was not thwtfoi* **s•, consistent iu his prinepleß.—i.qfc?e granted till May 28. • 1 ; Mnnson Bumtclough, lratidioi?JßftirML'jlj appealed on all grounds He wan' martisi'/A in January,'llloß, and asked for leavA June to arrange bin buaincM attain. 3m-,» v.'p employing five married "men in hit • business, and had n considerable tuT&v; over. He. was also managing a farm,fed?"* his brotheMii-law, who waa at the front —Leave grunted till May L'S, The appeals of Charles l'\ Bovett, rotd foreman, lnglewood; Howard R. Wide, liani, dairy farmer, Huiroa; Geo. Wj»t Goldup, farmer, Stratford; Ernest BwY low, stableman, Stratford; Oscar I\ t. Stockwell, dairy farmer, Te ICiri; and Richard 0. Gollop, engine-driverj JSaweriL were allowed, they having Been wron/flyS; classified. The appeals of John Wallaae, farmer, Kaimata; J. T. Reardol, dftJr*'u farmer, Mahoe; Wm. G. John; milker, Ohangai; and Harold A. Bannt» i! contractor, Nolantown, were j pending the production of their certificates. The appeal of Ed. WrigSt, ' stMeman, Hawera, on the ground of in-'-'', correct classification, was struck out in consequence of the uou-appearance of ftr* * pellant.—Star. l ,