MILITARY SERVICE

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 September 1916, Page 6

MILITARY SERVICE

DKMONrtiT!ATt'..N IN DAN \ ii!Ks-:. f\ Z. I'RESS ASSOCIATION.!

DANNEVIiiKi:, ;-■■ ■; temlyr 'J. .A hlri!\iii;,' d-.-mo; .-•■ •' ■:■• '■■•-• -■--■ - <- niv.ht by a. msrch of ■■:;;;iii!e men in sup bcivice Aii! '!;:■ i-;:.ni-.tii.;, Committee proposed a pa; id : ... /'. ~ :: = ia • .:.,,.:• >. atui the miiil: i..' :.iet !•■• c«i in.il.>-.', n'i- ■■•>• nisatbns made an nnp.e -\ <■ \>. ■<■■?• s.' :m. The town was erovvdeci, and tin- ;;.-caCventhusiasm; pr< vailed. the fiont, led by .\, r >''. Whaler, •> hv.d bootmaker, who tins si.>; sons at the war, Til? march was witness, d by tlir.> H< n. iSKst and the 01-.ligatioiis undoi' the Military .Service Act. He stated that it was liif Government'!- intention to carry Ilia Act out in its entirety, and he publioh thanked, on behalf of the Government, the recruiting committees of the Dominion for the whole-hearted support given the Government. A KNOTTY POINT. SOLICITOR-GENERAL CONSULTED. AN EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY UNDER THE ACT. A reprc-;f.itativp of tin- Now Zealand Times put before Mr •!. D. Grey (secre--1:..; v to the Recruiting Board) a, letter from a correspondent asking .whether en employer'? liability under the iM.ilitiirv S>. rviee Act ends when an em ployee "statf ■■■■ lie is more than 46 years of 'age,, or under 20, even though theie a: no means of verifying the statement. Mr Grcv said that a similar question hnd be--n put to him by Mr W. A. W. G'sn''.?il, on hclial? of the Employers' AsGener;:! on the point,, and the Solicitor-Gencr-al said thai in the ease of employees v.-iio bei'i'; under or over military age (i.e.. .'ndj-r 29 or over 40 years of age), plover need? I > do is to ask the man to ft,'!- !,-- i-130 and to jiHijre by his appearance. If the emphser. .judging from the appearance cf the employee, still has any doubt as to hie a-re, then he shonld refer *',o r 1; .p to ?be Government Statistician, Wellington, whose business it will then be tci decide the po'int. An employer., \vh\i •nkts this action will be regarded as having taken reasonable t'leps, as required Ir- the Act, to satisfy himself a* to whether the man is of military age or not, ad he 'i" be free of all further, liability