MILITARY SERVICE BOARD
[Per United Itikss Association.] I.LI.INGJ’GN. Jauuaiy 50. At. the sitting of Hie Military- ‘Bej-vit® Boaid to-day mo dilTiouJl-Kn- tinric-r which Hie slaughtering tia.de is being worked owing U> the shortage of iahoi; were emphasised by the secretary of the Slaugiiterriien s Union, in one. case the proprietor.s of meat works actually paid tile I.c ,-,f men non) Melbourne to iSydnev, Svdnoy to IVollingfcnn. and WollingUm to 'Wanganui. Under such an arrangement 27 men arrived Jjst week. An undertaking had been given that the Austral mils would not cmie under the ballot, and would not replace conscripts. The New Zealand works are all very short-handed. Tim appeals were adjourned sine die. ‘lhe appellants, to report regularly Li tho military authorities. A csiimlur decision vva-s come to in the case'of a pig butcher.
“Vhm coflee won't settle,” complained the pale-faced young man to the boardinghouse keeper. "Then it is in good company, ’ was the retort.
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Evening Star, Issue 16335, 30 January 1917, Page 4
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156MILITARY SERVICE BOARD Evening Star, Issue 16335, 30 January 1917, Page 4
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