RESERVISTS' APPEALS!

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 123, 16 February 1918, Page 8

RESERVISTS' APPEALS!

o—.—0 —.— WELLINGTON MILITARY SERVICE BOARD Additional appeals came before tho Third Wellington Military Service Board yesterday. Mr. D. M. Findlay presided, and had with him Mr. A. O'L. Considine and Mr. M. J. Mack. Captain P. Baldwin was the military representative. The Post and Telegraph Department (Mr. M Namar'a) appealed on behalf of Arthur Marshall, assistant-sectional clerk, accountants' branch, and Charles Edward Hodge, mechanician, telephone exchange. It was stated that the men wero engaged 011 essential work requiring a high standard of skill and experience, and they could not be replaced. The branches had already lost many of their trained men through enlistments. The board adjourned the cases sine die. The cases of W. J. M'Millan, Stephen Paul, and J. G. Chick (mental hospital attendants), and of W. Anderson, Waimarama), A. A. Whitehead (Te Araroa), and A. C. Bell (Whakara), teachers in Native schools, were also adjourned sine die, on official appeali. Martin.Henry Jensen, a slaughtermau employed in the season by the Gear Meat- Company, was granted exemption 011 tile usual terms. An employer's appeal was made on behalf of H. J. Earnshaw, slaughterman, Kliandallah. The reservist was aged twenty years,, and had not had long experience at the trade. The board dismissed the appeal, and granted leave until May. Private D. A. Sinclair, Thirtyfifth Reinforcements, a slaughterman, already in camp, was granted leave until April, and the cases of four other slaughtermen, W. G. Peacock", A. Waugh, J. Ryan, and C. Nihill were adjourned sine die. : William E. Caddick, Hanson Street, Wellington (Mr. P. J. O'Regan) was granted leave until March 5. He was a voluntary recruit, who appealed on account of his mother being in illhealth.

Leave was granted until May 7 in the case of Harry lleederj a mechanic employed by the National Cash Register Company. The appeal was made by the employers, it'ho stated that Reeder was performing highly stffieci work, and that the stalf had been seriously deploted already by enlistments. Adjournment for a further period of four months was. granted to Georgo Sirnmonds, taxi-3river, Wellington (Mr. A. H. Hindmarsh). Tho appeal was made on. domestic grounds. Exomption sine die was granted to A. T. Dowell, master mariner, and C. Naismith, ma'rino engineer, on the appeali; of employers. • C. W. Bayliss, manager of the Otaki dairy farm, Wadettown, appealed for' a further adjournment of his case, since efforts to obtain another manager, or some person to lease tlie farm had not produced any satisfactory result. Ad-journment-for one month was granted. James A. Cook, shoemaker, Hataitai, saicl that lie and.his brother conducted a bespoke bootniaking business. They employed one hand. He appealed on the ground that the business could not proceed in his absence, He was a Class A man, 01. The board granted loave until May 28. A mother's appeal was made.on behalf of Ronald George Crichton, clerk, Mr. O'Regan, appearing for Mrs. Crichton, said tho mother was a widow who had two sons already at the front. She was loth to part with her third son, who had been drawn in the ballot after being rejected as a volunteer. She had two married daughters, one living in Wolllington. One soldier son was married. The other allowed her £7 10s. a month. The board allowed leave until March 5. Private J. E. Downing, C Company, Thirty-sixth Reinforcements, and Private, Wilfred Watson, /C ..Company, Thirty-fifth Reinforcements, asked for leave on the ground that 1 they had brothers already serving. They were not "sole surviving sons," and the board made no recommendation.

Private Donald Blackie,, E Company, Thirty-fifth Reinforcements, stated that lie had three brothers in tho Forces. One brother, a Main Body man, had been invalided home, hut had entered camp again. The appeal had been made by this brother, in tfrder that a son might be left with their wido\ved mother, A fifth brother was under military age, and was unfit. The board granted leave sine die. Private Herbert. E. Pickering, D Company, Thirty-fifth Reinforcements, had two brothers 011 active service. Another brother had been invalided home, .and was still unfit. His parents needed' assistance. -The board granted three months' leave.

, r Undue hardship and public interest were the grounds of anpoal offered by Mark Isaac Tonks, baker, Wellington (Mr. Mazennarb). The appellant said he had purchased a bakery business in July. 1914, and had conducted it successfully. He employed four men. If he had to .enter camp the business must bo closed down. Bakery businesses were unsaleable at the present time owing to the shortage of skilled labour, and his own place could not be filled. The chairman of the hoard asked if the 'bakers .had made any attempt to save labour by co-operative methods. Appellant, said the Mock svstem had failed in Wanganui and also in Melbourne. It did not seem practicable, since all the people in a street could not be persuaded to take the same bread. Tastes varied widely. The chairman said that bread must be baked. The case would be adjourned for three months.

Mr. S. G. Nathan will sell on Wednesday, February 20, in tho Chamber of Commerce, a nine-roomed residenco in North Terrace, Kelburn. On February 27 lie will offer at auction tho whole of Mr. F. Russell's household furniture and effects at his residence, 14 Hill Street.. The following day the firm (in conjunction' with Messrs. B. Smith and Co.) will submit tho whole of the properties in the estate of the late Josepn Burns. On March 5 ho will sell a modern residence of eight rooms in Majoribanks Street.

At a special ■ general meeting of the Island Bay Surf and Life-saving Club lit was unanimously decided to hold a gala day, the proceeds of which will go in aid of Y.M.C.A. Med Triangle War Fund. Strong committees have been set up to organise and carry out the necessary arrangements with the assistance of the Patriotic Society's Band and the Y.M.C.A. Central Organisation. Thero will be at least 500 prizes, all donations, for children and adults, and swimming and diving competitions will be keen. Tickets entitling bearer to return tram rido and afternoon tea on the beach will be sold throughout the city for Is., and special efforts will bo made to swell the funds of the Red Triangle appeal. Entries for the Taihape Show will close to-day at 9 p.m. with the secretary, A. M. Ryan, Box 81, Taihape. A most attractive schedule js provided for all classes of exhibits. The monetary prizes arc liberal, and tliß trophies orfered are valuable. Entries received up to February 11 for the Hamilton Ram Fair, which is to be held on February 20 and 21, totalled 1000 Southdown, Shropshire, Border and English Leicester, Roniney and Lincoln rams* Particulars are advertised in this issue.

For Children's Hacking Cou?li. Wood's Great Peppermint <W Messrs. H. F. M'Neill and Co.. 165 Teathorston Street, havo for immediate sale 1009 acres education reserve. Messrs. Iloadlcj-, Son and Stewart, auctioneers, Napier, will eell by auction on February 28, at the Town Hall. Eketahuna, 800' acres, freehold, known as "Owendale," and situated cipflit miles from Alfredton and 20 miles from Eketahiina. For Clironio Cliest Complaints, Wood's Great Peppermint Cure.*