APPEALS AGAINST SERVICE

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24007, 23 July 1943, Page 7

APPEALS AGAINST SERVICE

DECISIONS OF NO. 2 BOARD Appeals for five employees of the Christchurch City Council came before the No. 2 Armed Forces Appeal Board yesterday. Mr J. S. Barnett presided. The eases of two other employees of the council were adjourned because both men 'had four children. When stating the grounds of the council’s appeal for its accountant, Alfred Merlin Hosklng, the Town Clerk (Mr H. S. Feast) said that Hosklng was the only member of the staff left who had the necessary experience and qualifications for the position. Hoskins’s work Included the secretaryship of the Welcome Club and various duties connected with E.P.S. activities. Mr Feast said that the specialised knowledge required for the position would be difficult for even a qualified accountant to acquire. Mr S. L. Wright, a member of the board, said it would be hard for the council to find a man to replace Hosking, "but,” he said, "we ask all employers what efforts they have made to replace their grade 1 men.” Only when all sources of inquiry had been exhausted, he said, would the board consider a sine die adjournment. This ease was adjourned for review in three months, the council in the meantime to attempt to replace Hosklng. The following cases were decided by the board yesterday (all appellants grade 1 unless otherwise stated):— Arthur Stanley Jory (Dominion Motors, Ltd.), appeal for release dismissed; Arthur Raymond Cutler, secretary (Stevens and Sons, Ltd.), adjourned for review in three months: John Garnet Brlxton, body maker, Eric Garret Walker, panelbeater (Stevens and Sons, Ltd.), adjourned sine die; J. H. Hobday (R. G. Robinson, Ltd.), appeal for release from Army, dismissed; J. W. Dobby (J/ C. Dobby), appeal for release from Army, dismissed: Burt Clark, head machinist, Richard Bush, kiln stacker, (Papanui Timber Company, Ltd.), reserved; Leslie Cape,- Arthur Allen Dryden. bootmakers, Jack Campbell, boot rough rounder: Leslie James Day, operator, John Peter Ellis, leveller, Sidney Maurice Millward. clicker, John Thomas Reilly, clicking press operator, Jellicoe Smith 1 , journeyman, Roy Bverard Woods (appeal for release from Air Force). Lynn Frederick Williams, apprentice (Suckling Bros., Ltd.), dismissed: Norman Scott Davidson, cleaning department worker (Suckling Bros., Ltd.), dismissed, appellant not to be called before October 31; George Edward Andrews, sole layer, Stanley Hector Andrew, stitch separator, Trevor Lance Barnden, edge trimmer, Benjamin John Berett, finishing department worker, John David Blackburn, bootmaker, Percy Edward Brown, assembling department worker, Raymond Brown (grade 3, Air Force), welt cutter, Samuel Jason Flewellyn, storeman. Leslie Killick, fibre fastener, Horace Knight (grade 3, Air Force), clicker, Victor Klrner, journeyman, Colin Douglas Scott, heel builder (Suckling Bros., Ltd.), adjourned sine idle; Ernest Alfred Fletcher, foreman mechanic; Ambrose Clarence Jackson (grade 3, Air Force), motor mechanic, David Jamieson, mechanic (Hutchinson Motors, Ltd.), adjourned sine die; Alfred Merlin Hosklng, accountant (Christchurch City Council), adjourned for review In three months: Leonard Robbins Nanklvell, foreman, Francis Peel Reid, waterworks turncock. Harold Charles C. Jones, structural engineer (Christchurch City Council), Adjourned sine die: Cyril Eric Burgess, truck driver (Christchurch City Council), dismissed; Noman Danby Quinn (Mrs N. G. Quinn), appeal for release from Army, dismissed; S. W. P. Fuller (Mrs G. M. Fuller), appeal ■ for release from Army, dismissed.