APPEAL DISMISSED

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 110, 11 May 1943, Page 4

APPEAL DISMISSED

WELL-KNOWN DRIVER INTEREST IN FARMING "It is not a -matter of moment v/hether a man has a private trotting track on his property or not. Is he of importance in the industry in which he is engaged?" asked Mr. C. J. Lovegrove, when appearing before the No. 1 Armed Forces Appeal Board this morning in connection with the appeal of James Thomas Paul for the exemption of his son, Neville James Paul, farm hand, from military service. Mr. Lovegrove said the appellant was well known as a driver of trotting horses, but he had been incapacitated as a result of an accident. His son did a little trotting, but he was mainly concerned with the work of the farm. There had been some criticism because the reservist had a trotting track, but counsel suggested that he was important in industry as a producer of milk for a town supply. Mr. F. J. Cox, Crown representative, said that at a previous hearing of the appeal the main issue was that, "when the war broke, and for some time later, the .farm was not in production. Mr; Lovegrove: In July, 1939, application was made to have the shed registered. Mr. A. M. Samuel (a member of the board. Although he did that he was not compelled to go on with it. Theappeal was dismissed, an order being made that calling up be not before three months' time.