SITTING OF WELLINGTON BOARD

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 14, 16 July 1918, Page 7

SITTING OF WELLINGTON BOARD

DEPABTMENTAI, APPEALS.

The First Wellington Military. Service Board—Messrs. D. M'Laren (actingchairman), Guy 0. Williams, and A. O'L. Considine—continued its sitting yesterday afternoon.- Captain Walker was military representative.

The adjourned appeal of Walter William Andrews, driver, Kilbirnie, which had been heard at a previous sitting, in order to allow appellant to apply to thi? Financial Assistance Board, was again called on. The reservist said he had sent in an application but had received no reply. Later in the day the appellant said the reply of the board had come to hand. The Financial Assistance Board desired a personal interview. The' case was adjourned till next sitting of the board. . , The Chairman said the board had considered the appeal on behalf of Les- } lie J. Edmondson, and had decided that it had no recommendation to make. Indefinite leave was granted to Private Charles Harris, whose application was heard earlier in the day. The appeal of Hector George Thirkell, farm hand, Onga. Onga, was allowed, he being under military age. ; Trooper Francis Golightly, 43rd TReinforcements, now in camp, asked for.an, extension of leave. He said that he was a shepherd, and had been working* at Beaumont Station, Nightcag-s, Southland. He understood that there was a shortage of men of his class. He had been informed so by the Efficiency Board. The head shepherd at Beaumont Station was a C 2 man. Mr- Considine remarked that as the employers did not apply to take Golightj \ ly out of camp, he (Mr, Considine). would not be one to support an application to grve him leave. There were many , harder cases than this which had come i before the board. Appellant was now a [ partially-trained man. The board reserved its decision. I William 11/. Stewart, railway porter, asked for leave till September to enable him to arrange certain .private affairs. ! Leave was granted till the September I draft. | Samuel Stumpe, ship's steward, claimed exemption on the ground that he was not a New Zealand reservist. He stated i that he was domiciled in Australia. The board allowed the appeal.