A PERFECT FARCE.
MEDICAL BOARD CRITICISED. The methods adopted by Military Medical Boards in re-examining recruits were characterised by His Honor the Chief Justice (sir Robert Stout) in the Supreme Court in Wellington on Wednesday as "a perfect farce.'' His remarks were made while, sentencing a young man guilty of th«ft, who had volunteered for service seven times and had been rejected on each occasion. Probation had been granted to the prisoner by His Honor, when counsel stated in respect to the terms of probation that the prisoner was under notice to present himself for further medical' examination. If he were accepted he would be unable to comply with the usual conditions of probation. His Honor said that he did not understand this re-examination at all. Doctors should <be able to tell whether a man wan flt or not on one examination. He did not understand What it all meant, and thought the whole tiling a perfect farce—an absolute farce.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 April 1918, Page 2
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160A PERFECT FARCE. Taranaki Daily News, 6 April 1918, Page 2
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