MILITARY SERVICE

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21370, 14 March 1941, Page 4

MILITARY SERVICE

AFPEAL BOARD SITTING TE AROHA CASES Messrs S. L. Paterson, S.M., A. E. Manning and R. Coulter, constituting the No. 2 Armed Forces Appeal Board, sat at Te Aroha yesterday to hear a number of appeals against territorial and overseas service. Most of the appeals were based on public interest and undue hardship. Sine die adjournments were granted in the cases of Albert Coning, Hector Beckmann Street, Thomas John I Greenlees, Henry Franklin Leask, | Timothy McAuliife, Walter Oscar Gib- ! bons, James Edward Wooltorton, and : Alfred Godfrey Martilli. These were all farmers or farm workers, engaged on high-producing farms. Decision was reserved in the cases i of Samuel Edward Rix and H. G. Delargey Jacobsen, conscientious ob--1 jectors, who had indicated their will- ■ ingness to serve in a non-combatant I unit. Both held St. John ambulance or first-aid certificates. Robert Ellis Bell, a farm hand, is to remain on the larm until May 31, his appeal being dismissed, as also was that of Ivan Percy Williams. Thomas Keith Lugton will be called on June 1. Decisions Reserved John Cookson, a conscientious objector, said he was a member of the sect known as Jehovah’s Witnesses, and was completely neutral in the world’s affairs. He had not been drawn for overseas service. The Board reserved its decision. A Seventh Day Adventist, Clive | Ernest Dady, appealed as a conscieni tious objector, and the board reserved its decision j The case of Thomas Joseph Sheat occasioned some investigation. He appealed for undue hardship and pub- ! lie interest, and eventually the case was adjourned until the next sitting ;at Te Aroha. Meantime the father is to make arrangements enabling the son to render military service. The case of John Hewat Smith was also adjourned until the next sitting. On the score of public interest and undue hardship, James Jonothan Wadsworth’s appeal was allowed. Decision was reserved m the appeal of James Gardner, a conscientious objector, who expressed his willingness to serve with a medical unit or similar organisation. He had not been drawn in an overseas ballot. Funds of Great War The main object of the War Funds Emergency Regulations, 1941, gazetted tonight, is to authorise the war funds bodies under legislation enacted in 1915 to change the incorporated name where it is likely to cause confusion with provincial . patriotic councils or any other 1 patriotic tody.