DEFENCE ACT DIFICULTIES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 78, 2 April 1913, Page 5

DEFENCE ACT DIFICULTIES.

DI2FAULTERB m COURT.

A batch ofyoung men-came op before Air E. C: Cnfcten,-SAl ri _«us morjiing on Various charges- 1 relating to"breaches of ■fcbe Defence Act, and- the'rJMßons giTea ' for absence, from drdliiandcamp"wire of a"wid^y':<iiv%me : ;naiure. " Sqme' ; of the ■lade put fprward*the'excaae.that , they were : particularly. ;h.aey;iat;l and consequently excused themselves from attendance, and satisfied their conocielocee with a private resolve to goi.'to the casual.camp .at a.later date. The these that it was required that, they ehould lay their cases -before-ithe. qfficei»-of the Depart-menXibefo're-tlhedaitev.of. the. camp, when, the -ofncxaJe" would' decide for them w&ether-or aof attendance only, .at the. casiuvl canip wat) jnetilk-d. Not having d<me -, t3iiei:"James. 'BarkeT, - .Edward 'McQuill«n;_(Mrl€e:;ElHott,; Frederick McKearhey, aud John Robinson were fined | each 20/ and. costs., Jno... Menzies and Wm. Griffiihe,~who 3iai ; made an'ifonest effort in the fright, direction to-get ex.- ■ emptkm, but Had taken too nmeli for granted, were let off with costs; while Leonard Braund, VW' was atiwork outside' of Auckland at-.thetone."of..the not inform:, the authorities; had;tb;;i&y If costs. , ._.;• ..;.;':• \ r . -', Alfred Joseph' Adler did not appear to ' ' state any reason at a>ll, and ac he had' •been previously fined, and' had; not yet attended any camp at all, hie penalty was -razeed to £5 and caste. Albert' Woodward •was fined £2 and costs. H. F. Davidson, who "h'aid not taken' •the oath,, was fined 10/ and coste, and informed that the charge-and the fine could be' repeated'dailj-wntil he did take .the oath.r•'..-;- ■_ *-~;■ -~; :""•"_ /.■ '•"'.. Several drill- detanltere advanced the demands. on them of. their work: and. their studies jae excuses,' but. the Magic- ■ trat.e: tjhenv.tfcat, the \Acfc dii not recognise those*'tbingß'.ae.being msorrable for- erenrption. Sydney Dunn, Wjin.,McCldl*n, Nicholas Hutchin-V son,-and. Harold Freede • were, fined -&Z apiece,'and James McCott £1. /.v .-. TAXI DfiTVElte WABNED. ~ "1 know the position taken ap by youryouVare" riot able to' comply with .the requirements of . the' Act," . eaid tfce, Magistrate, to. Charles Burnie. • "The-Act requires youtto attend drill, and -you say it is" a serious injury -fio your 'business. It-isit-.ques-tk>n*of. which is' the-lesser'of twov%Vik, and:i^\gpjn'g".to''t»ke/a'..firip'''.e!Bii!l w ,. His Worship -then'fined Burnie;-who had been fined, £5 andcostSj, and inthnated that if 'he did not attend drill; in future, or get. exemption, he would-be fined again. '■' /■ v./. •.^:.<i : ; >;' •-;.. Cyrjl epinley, another taM-driTer,who; saidCthat; an t engagement: in i3iie : country, had' preyented'himfrom gbinyinto camp, was fined. '£1 and-cpstsi :-. •V^:-:• _-:■•• ■- ;. " ~ A CASp.OF vl Vvilliam : : Eobefison'a r cbunsei put* iii a. plea for ;.lu-m-:-wWchv.eeems to indicate. ' ■that the' t case-..wa3,-: one ;"in which the Act pressed wife, Robertson, counsel said, liaij : children arid a young Wife of- 21 "yeaik,"-vfW was very delicate arid of a particularly nenr-. ous disposition.; He -wife was so nerv-ous-that Be ; left "alone in the evening, 'and'the husband''had iinstructed by a.doctor -that; eomeope muet-Temain-with?jher.>.-The'young-'irian ' got less-than a. : week, not- - afford' to. &nploy a companion;.;consia.--<fuenflylfe7liai.Sp; at home in the evenings, and araenniqMe-to get t.q camp, although he. wa3 : jiaTtreulatly keen on military --work,.--- 4 -?r';;7!_. vv --.--;• .".' . . ":>The Magistrate;-reciark«dithat-if the '3efen&nt'.c / o'|^^iiist\'^|b': < ; from ■the"uttth6rities;^ u h^'c6TMd : .Hb't"'assist, as_ ■■* the Act gave no; option. -■" Defendant" would. have ; to, pay a fine of 20/ and COsts."- ■.-.-'.■■' .. : '- ;.';-.;•- ;■__■•_ f'.' "'-'•.'- ; 15<3w'ard_IJ.,vro;nes, J .i5uiseppe AstreUa, G. Winter and Percival .Gallagher, were charged. tba£ ? obstructed-driils by ; laughing 1 Tnt-."*h"e-ranK3, v 'and' were -.insprenf; a'ndi disobedient, to .-their suipetioiv officer; ■'":.■ ■t'y.-J.i; y.iz.'l.i -,\/ ■ \-The' '^complaint;;.'of ; ; Was;that'these lads refused'to.stand! at ease;when/ tpld-tO'do made- insul-ting remarks: laughed-and talked^in the ranks,_f;o the.aetrimcD'l; .ofdiscipline and: causing intsirupryonsjin^riltr. , ; ";£~::: One lad ■complained that they were kept late" at -attention rdrill; .and when he stooped-to iscratch-'his-leg he was at once ordereS 'to stand wpi -He-Jiad repliedf'tba'Mie"wouldn't one. .' V.'; .;.,-.■ .". -~'..;;: ,^l':."_'_i..' ' ' They; Wre:ifinea io7. : ana.:.costl aU round.-. .vVi ;■..:,; .-,•■ ~!l~- "_.i i\:7-'- >• ■'-