NATIONAL SERVICE

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 March 1917, Page 2

NATIONAL SERVICE

HAMILTON APPEAL CASES. The Second Military Service Appeal Board opened its sittings at Hamilton this morning. Mr Earl, KT., and Captain Rogers represented the Defence Department. Mrs Campbell appealed for the exemption of her husband who had enlisted, blio said that lie had not considered her and that she did not foci competent to bring up a famly in her.present state of health. Tiie Board decided to recommend the. Minister to release Campbell. ■ _ The appeals of ,W. Foster, a Salvation Army officer, and Constable Olsen, ot Waihi. wore adjourned sine die. H. J. Young, Hamilton, was granted funner exemption until the hoard had received a reply from the Minister rc the board’s recommendation for further assistance towards the support of hxs mother.

THE FIRST DIVISION.

PROPOSED EXTENSION OF AGE

HAMILTON, March 13

The Waipa County Council carried a motion to-day recommending that ah single men up To 50 years 'of ago be caned un before the Second Division.

THU ARCHBISHOP’S STATEMENT

CHAIRMAN’S CRITICISM

WELLINGTON, March 12

Brief but forceful remarks were made, bv the Chairman of the Third Wellington Military Service Board (Mr W- H. S. Moorhouae) to-day, in reference to a statement made bv Archbishop 0 Snea in address delivered at Wellington on 25th February. Mr Moorhouse said he was very sorry that Archbishop O’Shea was not present, becuase he desired to know whether the report as published in the papers was a correct one. Things had been said to which he strongly objected. Archbishop O’Shea had stated (according to the import) “that he was sorry to say sectarian bigots had got to work with the result that the week before last a military board in the city had refused to exempt two theological students.” . Of course while the board was doing tne work in which it was engaged it must expect uncharitable criticism from the un. .r o dlv which it was bound to offend. U did 'not expect that _ from the highest authorities of a Christian Church.