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EIRE CITIZENS

APPEALS AGAINST MILITARY SERVICE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND. June 4. The position of citizens of Eire was referred to at a sitting of lhe No. 1 Armed Services Appeal Board when Mr M. Robinson asked for an adjournment in the case of a labourer. Patrick Egan, stating that a number of similar cases would be heard by the board next week. Mr Robinson said he had received instructions from his principals in Wellington that it was understood communications were being carried on with the Eire Government. He said it seemed funny to hear of Irishmen refusing to fight, but there were eer-j lain circumstances in connection with; such eases. Some appeals wore based on the fad that Eire citizens could not bo placed in the British forces. The ehairman, Mr C. R. Orr Walker, said tile board would have to decide whether such men were British subjects and the Attorney-General bad ruled that as they were natural-born Britons they were liable for service. An adjournment was granted to June 10.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 June 1941, Page 6

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EIRE CITIZENS Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 June 1941, Page 6

EIRE CITIZENS Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 June 1941, Page 6

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