DENTIST'S APPEAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23830, 4 December 1940, Page 11

DENTIST'S APPEAL

EMPLOYEE IN BALLOT CIVILIAN PUBLIC'S NEEDS CASES OF RETURNED MEN While dentists were plentiful in the Army there were now barely sufficient to meet the needs of the civilian public, said J. H. Kinnear, Auckland dentist, when giving evidence before the Auckland Area Manpower Committee last night in support of an appeal for the postponement of the territorial service of an employee, H. E. Jolly, on the grounds of public interest and hardship. Kinnear said that when the Auckland Hospital Board advertised for dentists recently only two could be obtained. Mr. Allan J. Moody, counsel for Kinnear, said that the reservist was a qualified dentist in charge of a branch of his client's work. Kinnear gave much of his time to public work on local bodies and the reservist took his place in his absence. If the reservist went into camp it would be a cause of undue hardship to Kinnear and counsel suggested that an adjournment sine die would be appropriate. "Essential Service" "There are plenty of dentists in the territorial camps, but it is impossible to get men to replace them outside," said Kinnear in evidence. The reservist was carrying out an essential publicservice in his present work. Decision was reserved. A returned soldier, W. H. Furness, managing-director of C. H. Furness and Company, Limited, and of M. D. Taylor and Company, Limited, sought postponement of service on the ground of public interest. Appellant said lie was aged 43 years and had served for IB months in the Great War, having enlisted voluntarily at the age of 20. He was in control of 29 hands in a business manufacturing bakers' and butchers' supplies and handling other foodstuffs. The training of a man to take his place would take a considerable period. The appeal was supported by the reservist's father, C. H. Furness. Decision was reserved. Ground ol Hardship Saying that he saw service from 1016 to 1919, a teacher of singing, Gordon Fagan, aged 44, sought postponement of his territorial obligations on the ground of hardship to himself and to his widowed mother. Appellant said that one of the most serious aspects of his case would be the loss of pupils if he went into camp for three months. He was an emergency precautions scheme deputy-warden. The appeal was adjourned for further hearing on January 15. Over 40 appeals were dealt with by the committee yesterday, a majority being ba<ed on the ground of hardship. Further appeals will be heard to-day and there will be another sitting of the committee on Friday.

MILITARY RESERVE SERVICE NOT RECOGNISED [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION"] WELLINGTON, Tuesday Service with the National Military Reserve did riot take the place of Territorial service, and was not recognised as an alternative to such, said the Crown representative, Mr. M. Sullivan, at a session of the Wellington Manpower Committee when a returned soldier, aged 43, appealed for postponement of his service on the grounds of hardship to himself. The appellant said he had served in the Military Reserve since the war started, giving two nights and Saturday of most weeks to this service. Several single returned soldiers in the reserve, lie said, were also waiting to know if service in it was recognised as an alternative. The chairman. Mr. M. F. Luckie, said that no matter what the committee thought about the position of such returned soldiers there was no doubt the regulations under which the committee worked did not provide that National Military Reserve service was an alternative to Territorial service. The reserve had been formed before the introduction of compulsory military service. The appeal was dismissed.