MILITARY SERVICE BOARD.

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 February 1917, Page 5

MILITARY SERVICE BOARD.

REEFTON SITTING. : (Our Own Correspondent.) A sitting of the Board was.held at the Courthouse. Reef ton, on Thursday, when . the following cases were dealt with Victor M E. Delladova, Three Channel Flat.-fsNo appearance. Dismissed, J, P. C. Fitzgerald. Mr Phillips ap- ; peared..and stated .that the appellant had made a mistake re attending the Medical ■- Board.—Adjourned till next sitting. M. M. Twomey, Cronadun,— No appearance. Dismissed. * Patrick Mohan, Reef ton—The Murray .Creek Goldmining Company appealed on behalf of appellant. Mr Patterson appeared for the Company and stated that the appellant was a winder and was practically indispensable. Meh could not be got for this position. ' j. Meehan said that Mohan had, been engaged at Murray Greek mine for "two years. They were now opening up the mine and had - now payable oio in sight. The assay value was over one ounce. They were employing twelve miners and truckers and two winders. The Board said that a miner would not he considered unless ho was in a producing mine. Mr Meehan said that .there were about 60,000 tons of stone in sight. They had no ibbni for 'storing stone. _ Hie battery manager's estimate of crushing was 1506 tons per month. Under the old battery the total tonnage treated was hOO tons. They had only two or three First Division men ' employed. There was a shortage of miners on the field ns well as miners. Ty ..(japttain PQ "rngton.—Mohan was fairly continuously employed as winder. He was working the mine foil time three shifts until November. The Board asked for information us to the output of gold from the mine. This was put in later, and the case adjourned. ■ S' E. Tomlinson and C. Wainwnght, Wai’uta.—Mr Lawry appeared for the Black water Mines Company and asked leave to withdraw appeals.—No appearance of appellants. —Dismissed, 0. Lewis, Inungahun. —-Mr Lawry appealed on behalf of the Progress Company. R, Stewart; underground manager at the Progress Mine, said that Lewis was employed us horseman since Christmas. They were exceptionally short of truckers and had to tiike miners out of the face to do truckers’ work. It was difficult to get suitable men as bracomen, who send down the shaft men and material to attend to all the signals, If this man was taken they would have to lake the most suitable man from the mine. They employed about 76 men at the, mine. L. Simpson, Eeeflon.—Mr Lawry appealed on behalf of the Company. H. A, B Leipner. assayin' for the Com solidated Group, said that Simpson and a boy were employed at the assay works. Simpson was practically a competent assaver and had been in 'the assay works ‘for about seven years. It was impossible to carry on the’work without an assistant. the boy had been employed about a. year. He was employed about odd jobs. There was no one else on the field to take Simpson’s place. Formerly a man named Roycc was there. He was now employed at the Blackwatc mine. They had to get an assistant for the smelter from Australia. Simpson did (juitu half of the mechanical work. the Chairman said that in all eases that were adjourned sine die the men were roil aired to do their best to help the production of the country, ami the Board wore 1 not. going lb make exemptions, _to leave the industry hr a worse position than before The exemptions were made. The GovernmentTiad a scheme hi hand to create an Ellicieucy Board, and the mining cases would in all probability come under, it. These two cases would he adjourned sine die. , ’ Thomas Francis Flanagan. Big River —Mr Phillips appealed on behalf M the New Big River Company- , •T. H. McMahon, mine manager, said that they had twenty-five men im the mine, four at the battery and four at the 1 coal mine. Most of the men employed 1 wore in the First Division. The mine had been short-handed for the past twelve months. The mine was profitable | when fully manned. It showed a profit of ’ £SOO monthly .during the past year. 1 Flannagan was amalgamator at the bat- 1 levy. He had been employed since June, 1813. He was a skilled amalgamator and ) there would be difficulty in replacing j him. , , * The appeal was adjourned sine die. John Thomas, Rosstowir.—Captain Pilkington said Thomas was out of the district at present.—Adjourned to next sit- | ting. \ J. Bartlett, Reefton. —Mr Patterson J asked that the appeal stand over, as ap- r pellant had enlisted and attested,—Dismissed. as appellant had. enlisted, C. W. J, Fanzelow, Mawhera-iti, said that since the last sitting of the Board he > hud not, been able to do much. He J 0 glassed Ills land. Hia potatoes would not u be ready until April. He could not put anyone on the place as it would not pay v to "do so, He had not-been able to arrange his finances, Ho held a renewable 1lease of 21 years. The Board asked that a list of appel- o hint’s debts be made out and supplied to i the court, to see if they could not assist r him. ’ . 1 Oi» the list being supplied, the Chairman asked appellant if lie would be ready c tu go in April, The appellant asked for leave until May and the court allowed until the end of* April , ; Herbert Irving, Reefton.—Hns appeal 1 \vas adjourned from last court, —No appearance. Dismissed. ' Paul M. Rae, Cronadun,—No appear- s unco. Dismissed, ■ 11 George Wyndham, Biackvvater—Mr v Lawry, for appellant, said the case was adjourned to allow him to communicate c with his sisters to. sec if they.could take his mother. He put in letters from his c sisters stating their inability to support j. their mother, . J : Appellant said that his mother got the t pension. He employed a girl to look after \ his mother. I

The Board said the evidence wy's not very ' definite, and they were considering whether they would not have to take evidence to support what they had already heard. In reply to the Chairman, the appellant said that he kept Iris homo going. Ho had written to all his brothers a• • > sisters to see if they would take the

mother. Captain Pilkington said that the only information they had was in the appellant’s favour.

The case was adjourned sine die. Joseph. Underwood, Reefton. - BirF certificate was produced showing date birth to be January, 1870.' —Appeal allowed. , , • F. Hussey (Reefton), j. M. Hussey' (Waiuta) and J. J. Hussey (Ross). —Captain Pilkington said that notice had been served- —No appearance. Dismissed. Thomas,- Whear and William Wheat',WaTuita.—No appearance.‘■'Dismissed. 1 ■ Patrick Slattery, Reefton.—No appearance. Dismissed. 1 ■ , . ; Patrick Janies Doran, i'aplestou.—W. Archer appeared in support of the appeal-. He .employed five men in. In’s coal mine at Capjeston. Doran . was, employed since Juno_ last. He had been with witness at one. time for about two years. He was not a certificated man, Doran was, the only practical coal miner.. The rest were; qual'tz miners. ) ' : ‘' t ' ' The Chairman addressed the -appellant, pointing -out" 5 that' the Board intended to calFJip the-cases-they had adjourned owing to the ‘-go ■ slow” policy adapted by coal-Tinners. '-.lf Tbc appellant undertook to accept'the pohdit)6n to';,do his best in the coutput'.of coaL the- ease would .be.-' adjourped.-ainc die,, .A ., Francis ■■ Willianv :: Ross, .Reefton’.—-Mp Lawry,- said" the difficulty Imd . now' been overcome,): and, thi/appeaT was withdrawn. Patrick * Skihijon, . A%ui’a.—lf? Qjppcafc-. auce. Dismissed,' 'T"'-' v • • Edward BlaclL;—Produced a- copy "of ; birtji; registration;—Appeal allowed.'' The court Then adjourned. \ ) -