MEN FOR TRAINING

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 108, 2 November 1940, Page 8

MEN FOR TRAINING

FURTHER APPEALS

WIDE VARIETY OF CASES

Employers' appeals again comprised the bulk of the cases disposed of yesterday afternoon by the Wellington Man-power Committee, which is considering appeals from the requirements of Territorial training. The deputychairman (Mr. E. P. Hay) presided, and with him were Messrs, R. Cable and E. E. Canham.

A personal appeal made by a foreman carpenter, on the ground of financial hardship to his widowed mother, and his sister, was dismissed, and an appeal made by the employer because of contracts in hand was also dismissed, conditional on the man not being called upon before January 31, 1941. A request for an indefinite postponement of service was made by L. M. Silver and Co., Ltd., in the case of a leading hand in the automotive section of the business. The company's activities were said to be highly specialised and to have been affected by the number of employees already on military service. An adjournment for three months was granted. To give the appellant an opportunity of making other arrangements for labour the appeal of a nearby farmer and milk roundsman on behalf ottos son was dismissed on condition that the latter was not called upon before January 31, 1941. An adjournment to June 30, 1941 to enable work in hand to be completed, was granted in the case of a building supervisor, an Australian on whose behalf Woolworth's (N.Z.), Ltd., appealed. _ „ The appeal of the employer of an iron moulder engaged on defence work was adjourned sine die. Collier and Beale, radio engineers, appealed in respect of an employee for whom a short postponement of service was sought while another man was being grained. The appeal was dismissed conditional on the man not being called upon before December 1, 1940 Another employee was classed temporarily unfit and the company s appeal on his behalf was adjourned until he was called upon for service A plasterer, who appeared on his own behalf, said that he and his partneTwere in the middle of a 40-umt Government housing contract; m the Hutt Valley. At his request the obligation to serve was deferred until February 30, 1941, and the appeal was formally dismissed.'

AUSTRALIAN'S POSITION. The case of an Australian fitter and turner who had been in New Zealand sSce August, 1939, and who said that li definitely intended to return to Australia within a month or two, was referred to the Director of Housing for decision as to whether the man wa rs fobTdeemed resident in New Zealand within the meaning of the ieguaSons. The appellant said.tort be had taken out a permit to leturn to m the case of three mechanical engmeers whose employers appealed on the ground that the men were engaged lin essential war work. I An employer's appeal on. benau ot a meiS assistant, on the ground !ti»?the calling up of the man^ would ahead was dismissed on condition that iff was not called upon for serSefof^oiVon^S & %Zl from training. The case of another employee classified as temporarily unfit wTadjourned until his calling up for 1 letter from the Undersecretary of Internal Affairs (Mr. J. W. Heenan) supported an appeal .by Gorton H Burt Ltd., commercial artists, lor nSonement of service by a photo- £^ technician at present engaged on the Centennial pictorial surveys. Mr Burt stated that the mans work required exceptional technical skill and S results wire in increasing demand by secondary industries. Mr Heenan later appeared in person, and after hearinghis statements on the importance of the pictorial survey work, the appeal was formally dismissed, condi--225 on the man not being called upon for service before Januaiy 31, 19The case of a tobacconist conducting a one-man business was adjourned on the representation of his counsel (Mr W, Brown) for three months to enable the man either to dispose of the business or to obtain the services !of some other person to conduct it.