AN UNUSUAL CASE
jHAWERA 22nd February. At the sitting of the Military Service Appeal Board to-day an unusual case was heard, when Frederick Arnett, a blacksmith, of Hiuveni, appealed on the ground that he was not a reservist,-, he not being a naturalised British subject. The appellant stated that his parents were Swiss, and that. he had not been naturalised. He was born in New Zealand, but at the age of two or three he went to Switzerland, where he -was educated, and in 1910 he returned to the Dominion! He had never voted, and regarded himself as a Swiss subject, as he had never been naturalised. Counsel for tha°*appellant said that a similar case was before the, Auckland Board, where the appeal was allowed. It 'was decided to refer the point to the Solicitor-General for an opinion.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 47, 23 February 1917, Page 2
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138AN UNUSUAL CASE Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 47, 23 February 1917, Page 2
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