CROWN NOT YET REPRESENTED

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23891, 9 March 1943, Page 4

CROWN NOT YET REPRESENTED

SERVICES APPEAL BOARD IN CHRISTCHURCH . CRITICISM BY RETURNED SOLDIERS The non-appointment of a CrowJfr presentative on the ■ N Forces Appeal Board m ,ol rlS o j ft was criticised by members executive committee of tne church Returned Services Assocw. la Mr V D. in w. Russell said that < till October last the C had a representative on the 2 (t but he had resigned ment had since been made. Mr said it was not fair to men who w before the board, many of whom w not capable of placing their factsi best advantage. A Crown rep |.* aDC e tive would give them the a . they were entitled to. He mo the executive committee Zealand Returned Services’ AssodW» to put the matter before, the Minister and protest against the nu appointment of a Crown repress , on the No. 1 Armed Forces APP* B On the motion of Mr J. it was decided to suggest t( > an ities that the grading of all appe«» appearing before appeal boards d P O. Jefcoato said that m a P y in Canterbury were not recel^, n A « treatment that was being other parts. Old soldiers had had experience of appearing before a and being judged by men who n heard a shot fired. He supports proposal that through the l New , land association they should go r to the Prime Minister. The motion was carried.