APPEALS AGAINST SERVICE

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23918, 9 April 1943, Page 6

APPEALS AGAINST SERVICE

DECISIONS OP NO. 1 BOARD

Appeals for freezing workers occupied most of the sitting of the No. 1 Armed Forces Appeal Board yesterday. Permanent employees were granted adjournments sine die, and seasonal workers were directed to undergo military training between July and November. The board comprised Messrs E. A. Lee (chairman), G. M. Hall and J. E. Jones. Mr W. D. Baiter was secretary. The following cases were adjourned sine die unless otherwise stated, JulyNovember indicating the period during which other reservists were directed to train in the Army:— Canterbury Frozen Meat Company: Stephen Waites, bacon roller; Jack Waites, slaughter hand, July-November; Alfred Jomes Alex Warman, casing hand; Clarence Roy Shaskey, weight clerk; Walter Charles Inwood, fellmonger, July-Novem-ber; Albert Leslie Inwood, slaughter hand, July-November; Gane Cornelius Hibberd, tinsmith, dismissed; Hugh James Gillespie, wool picker; Victor- John Boon Curtin, tallow hand; Archie Currie, wool picker, July-November; Charles Leslie Champion, packer, July-November; Austin Badham, storeman: Leslie Harold Giles, slaughter hand, July-November. New Zealand Refrigerating Company: Tasman Thorpe Taylor, clerk; Charles Frederick Sparks, tinsmith, adjourned for six months: Douglas James Frank Ridder, tinsmith, dismissed, not to be called before June 30; John Robert Bell, wool picker; Leonard Thomas Brennan, slaughter hand; William Edward Cain, slaughterman, JulyNovember; Clifford Thomas Henry Cherry, preserving hand, held over; Albert Cox, carpenter, held over; Leo Francis Cunncen, wool picker, July-November; Arthur John Elwood, skin worker; Herbert Cornelius Griebel, casing worker; James Renwlck Leslie Hilson, engineer: Stephen James Hurst, felt hand. July-November; Alan Marchall Mackie, fitter; Joseph Aaron Mills, preserver hand; William Chetwynd Mlnards, tripe cleaner; William Clarence Mitchell, fireman; Gordon Stewart Simpson, freezer: Claude R. Standeven, slaughter hand; Lawrence Stutbrldge, carpenter, adjourned for one month: William Walker, carpenter, held over; Frank Joseph Pearce, fat stock buyer, held over. Thomas Borthwlck and Sons, Ltd.; Charles Roland Henderson, clerk, JulyNovember; Robert Cleland, slaughterman, adjourned to May 31; Herbert Arnold Francis Anthony, slaughterman: Sydney Arnst, slaughterman, July-November; George Arthur Chapman, slaughterman, July-November;- Robert Alexander Don, slaughterman; Alfred Gordon Wright, slaughterman: John Andrew Law, freezer, to be reviewed in June; Leonard Christopher Hartley, fellmonger, to be reviewed in June: Gilbert Henry Hern, fitter; Lionel L. Cresswell, electrician, held over; Ernest Haslam Rudkin, board walker.

'’An appeal because of undue, hardship to his wife, who was in ill-health, entered by Bernard Bateman, tram conductor", was adjourned sine die. Noel Michael Charles Day and Archibald Wood were excused from Home Guard training for six months on the ground of undue hardship. An appeal against Home Guard service for William John Thompson, made by R. A. Hammersley Ltd., was adjourned sine die. William Hinton, farmer, was granted an extension of time till June 30. enable him to engage labour to perir 'iis release for service. In an appeal by Leslie Millist, agricultural contractor, decision was reserved.

DECISIONS OF NO. 2 BOARD An appeal for the, release of a soldier, R. W. J. Pidgeon, who was formerly employed as an- assistant on a cooling system for an orchard storeroom, was heard by the No. 2 Armed Forces Appeal Board yesterday, when Mr J. S. Barnett presided. S. E. Sisson, appealing for Pidgeon’s release, said that the cooling system had to be operated by a skilled assistant. In warm weather it was often necessary to keep «the cooling system, going 24 hours a day.

The board recommended that Pidgeon be released for three months. A Christchurch Training College student, E. V. Britton, appealed for release from the Army until October 31, In order to study for his C grade teacher’s certificate. Unless he obtained this certificate, he said, he would not be able to apply for & position. The board decided, as this was the first case of its kind to come before it, to ascertain what will be the Education Department’s policy when such men return from the war. Other decisions werePercival Francis Hosking (grade 2), soldier (R. G. Gibson), release recommended; David Crosble (1), soldier (J. B. Westray and Company), release recommended: Frank Haworth (1), soldier (Haworth and Son), dismissed; Alan Geoffrey Palmer (1). soldier (Mrs R. T. Palmer), dismissed; Stanley George Savage (1), acting accountant (Vacuum Oil Company), dismissed, service postponed till June 30; Sefton Stewart Baird (1), head dispatch clerk, and John Gale (1), tank waggon driver (Vacuum Oil Company), adjourned sine die; Charles Albert Rogers (1), proof reader (New Zealand Newspapers, Ltd.), adjourned sine die; Lawrence C. F. Snook (1), turner (J. J. Niven and Company), adjourned sine die; Leo John Dempsey (1), machinist (Wise Bros., Ltd.), adjourned sine die; Arthur B. L. Clemence (1), carpenter (N. Caldwell), dismissed, service postponed till June 30; Eric King (1), and Norman Caldwell (3). carpenters (N. Caldwell), adjourned sine die; Charles Parish (3), accountant (Kirby and Parish, Ltd.), release recommended: Leslie Joseph Harris (1), machine moulder, Wilfred Holland (1). engineer’s machinist. and William Garnett Taylor (1). plumber (Andejsons. Ltd.), adjourned sine die: James Williamson (1), compressor hand (Acetone Illuminating Company), adjourned sine die; Ronald Winston Brown (3), soldier, release recommended: Francis John McFall (1). motor driver (Mount Magdala Laundry), adjourned sine die; Roy Wilfred Wilson (1), traffic inspector (Christchurch City Council), adjourned sine die; Burton William Shipley (1). farmer, adjourned sine die; Charles Gordon Richards (1), stereotyper (Christchurch Press Company, Ltd.), adjourned sine- die; Leslie James C. Collins (1), fitter (F. C. Penfold and Company), adjourned sine die; Francis Peel Reid (1), City Council employee (Christchurch City Council), adjourned sine die; Arthur Alfred Gregge (1). sheet metal worker (Scott Bros., Ltd.), adjourned sine die; Gordon Hereward Hege (1), and William Ernest Reeve (1), warehousemen (Sargood, Son. and Ewen), adjourned sine die.