CENTRAL MISSION AND MILITARY SERVICE
AN APPEAL DISMISSED.
(BT IEtEGRArH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) . AUCKLAND, 21st February. At the Military Service Board to-day, Frederick E. Mason, a science teacher at the Technical School, appealed on the grounds of occupation and conscientious scruples. Appellant is a member of the Central Mission, and he said he resigned his commission as bandmaster in the Territorials directly he knew that he was drawn in the ballot. In reply to a member of the board, he. said that he did not consider his position peculiar, as he felt compelled to take charge of the band. The minister of the Central Mission Church stated that there was nothing in the doctrines of their Church forbidding the bearing of arms.. Many members had gone to the front, and no appeal had been made before. The appeal was dismissed, with leave till April.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 46, 22 February 1917, Page 3
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