MILITARY SERVICE

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 September 1917, Page 2

MILITARY SERVICE

WEST- UOAST APPEAL BOARD. bITTINU AT llOKlilivA. /'"■ ■ t'Jui VM>U Ui»il'Un±jullut:u'i..J The Military Appeal Board sat a<j Jloiutika ycsiuulay morning at uu Magistrates Court. Iheru were pie yent: MosaraJ. S..Evansi (Chairman;, J. D. Milton, L. C. Studliolme, Cap; tain- Pilkington, and.'.C, W. Duncan (secretary). „ The- following appeals were heard : Hubert Elliot (Class.-A). Appellant said he waa married m lylG. He was appealing for financial help, as his railway appeal had been dismissed. Mr. Evans,said he-would recommend the financial assistance asked for, and if it was granted he* would dismiss the appeal. Appellant would then go in the November draft.

Robert Achimson appealed on behalf of his Hon, William Robert AdanWn, aged 27 years. Appellant had another ton in camp. He also bad a daughter. It years of age. He possessed 1,'23U shee}k ; 2lo cattle and SO horses, it vcaa impossible to get men to do the work down South. His son wa» a, great help on the farm alud did tho* shearing. The Chairman said he would let the appeal stand over io order that the shearing could be done on their own farm and assist ■others in shearing on theirs. The appeal would then be dealt with in the new year. Mr. John Irwin (Woodstock) having gone info camp, tho appeal by his mother, Mrs Jane Irwin, was withdrawn. Jameg H. Cropper, of Waitalui (Mr. Wells). The man liad gone into camp and was sent back unfit. Sergt.Major Atken said Cropper had received indefinite leave from the Camp Commandant. —Adjourned sine die. Charles Pfahlert appealed on behalf of bisi foreman baker, James E. Laughton. Laughton was 31 years of age, and had two brothers at the front. Pfahlert employed two men and two boys at his trade and was unable to do much himself owing to bad health. James Laughton, in giving evidence on his own behalf, stated that although ho was a single man he had a mother and one sister depending on him. He had two brothers, both serving. The Chairman said the record of tho family was a good one and the trade was an essential one. He would therefore adjourn the application sine die, but the appellant (Laughton) may lie called up at any time.

The appeal of Cordon Baker (Kanieri) was struck out, as appellaJnt fail-

ed to appear. William Gc<>rgc Cain, Kanieri (ClassAh The appellant was 25 years of age and a fireman on the Success dredge. He had one brotTier at the front and two going to school. His lather was dependent on him. Richard Speed gave evidence, stating that Cain was essential to the work of the dredge. The Chairman .s'iid lie would adjourn the application fjv.n die, but the appeal may be dealt with later. In the meantime appellant was providing for his parents. John Cloher, of Lake Mapourika (Mi - . Murdoch) wa» unable to- be present, as be was unable to get through owing to the iloods,—Adjourned to

next sitting

John Patrick Hansbury, itossi (Clas,. A). Mr. Murdoch stated that appellant was the.mail contractor for South Wet-Hand. He wji>a single man, .'>(> years of age. Appellant had two brothers, one at the front and One in the Second Division. He wa« looking after his brotherg farm, and had 80 ewes and 25 cattle on the farm- He also had the contract to deliver goods from the railway to Kohsi and tbe mail contract from Rossi to Wehek'a. Appellant had difficulty in getting drivers, as experienced men were required for the work. Mr. A. E. McGregor (Chief Postmaster) gave evidence that (he linn of Hansbury and Haddock bad carried out their duties satisfactorily. 'Hie hearing was adjourned to next sitting. John Manera Ross, Class A. (Mr. Murdoch) was unable to bo present owing to flooded rivers. He had been called before and hiyi case was adjourned sine die. After hearing the evidence, of his mother the case was adjourned again. Neil H. Nicholson appealed on behalf of Henry Jones,' of Arahura. This case had come on from a previous sitting. Nicholson stated that he had 26 men working for him at tlie mill, and all the single men except two had enlisted and been turned down. After considerable examination on the part of the Chairman. Mr. Evans decided to order a fresh medical examination, and if appellant passed he would have to go. The case was adjourned for medical examination.

Thomas. Moynihan, Kumara, Class A. (Mr. Murdooli). Appellant stated hi g parents were alive. He had three brothers, one, about 30, at the front, tho other two were boys. He had six sisters, three' of whom were at home. His father a. man, and himself worked a sluicing clajm that had token nine months to open out. It

was 'payable now and had been working three months 1 . . The Chairman £ia'ted appellant .-would have to' go with tlie November draft. The claim had only been started twelve months ago;. .Several cases from South "Westland were held over owing to the appellants being unable to be present, owing to the state of the rivers. TENTH BALLOT APPEALS. SITTING AT GREYMOUTH. The Military Service Board for the Canterbury District aut at the Greyniouth Courthouse this morning. Mr. J. S. Evans (Chairman), Mr. J. D.» Milton, and Mr. E. 0. Studholme •were the members of the Board, Captain Pilkington appearing as military representative. Thomas! McNeil, butcher, Cobden, appealed on the grounds of undue hardship. He married in November hist, and had four brothers, one over military age and two serving.—Adjourned sine die to be called up later. Baxter Bros. (Mr. Kitehingham) appealed on behalf of Louis Kennedy. Captain Pilkington said he required some information from Kennedy, who had been drawn in the fourth ballot. He had had notice to attend and be intended to call evidence.

Mr. Kitehingham said that Kennedy was a. sawyer and it had not been thought necessary for him to appear in. view of the appeals by the millers for sawyers.

The case was allowed to stand down until later on in the sitting, to 'seo if Kennedy put in an appearance. George Sleenan Peck (Mr. Kitehingham), on account of family reason. —Adjourned till January.

Smest Samuel Cochrane, plumber (Mr. Chalk), who had three brother.* under age and two serving, appealed on the grounds of undue hardship. His employer, W. Cos telle, gave evidence that two of his plumbers had been, called in the ninth a'.nd tenth ballot respectively. He bad not appealed on behalf of the ninth ballot man, who goes into camp next month. It wagi impoftible to obtain plumbers t(» replace them. Captain Pilkington, asked that the appeal be adjourned to see if Jackson went into camp.

The Board adjourned the appeal for

enquiry

Harold Bowman, mail clerk, Greynioulh (Mr. Joyce), appealed on the ground of undue hardship. He had three brothers serving-, one of whom bad been killed at the front; The Chairman said the family record was good. Two sons were serving and another had been killed. The appeal would be adjourned, to be reviewed before the first section of tbe Second Division are called up.

John Webber Gretiislade, an adjourned case, wav further adjourned for financial assistance. If Uii,si is granted, appellant to go with the January draft. James: Stewart' Niiiimo, in business at Bruimerioji (Mr. Chalk). After going into appellant's financial position, and who stated lie was the only .storekeeper at TaylorvilTe, (lie appeal wa. v adjourned till next sitting In see what, became of appellant's brother in the matter of enlisting. William Alfred Allen, farmer, Nelson Creek, single, staled his aged parents' depended on him. He had two brothers; in Division none nerving. Appellant gave details as to the value of properly, etc. The- Chairman said one of the brothers would have to go. Captain Pilkington said that appelant had been classed CD by the Medical Board.—Adjourned to next sitting. T 'ihn Arthur Woods, Kofonianu ' v,i- Kitehingham), an adjourned apThe Chairman staled that in this cane tho Financial Assistance Board wore prepared to make a, grant if it- were shown thoro was a loss through one of the brothers being called up. bi.it the Financial Assistance Board could not make a grant now. The latter Board held with the Military Service Board in the opinion that one of two brothers going away from : a dairy farm meant a reduction of income bv half. —Appellant to <.,"> with December draft.

COAL MINING APPEALS. I. A. James, Slate inines, appealed on behalf of John Joseph Garvey, Charles Joseph Qiiiim, Joseph Reedy. Albert Pender Ward, and George Wright, In the appeal on behalf of dialled Joseph Quinn (adjourned ease), the Chairman said the appellant wasi a. soldier since May loth, 1915, in that ho had previously appealed afcid the appeal had been dismissed for nonappearance. Unless the original decision was wiped out he-could not adjourn sine die. An.application for a re-hearing- would have to be made. The appellant was not a "secokid ivtriker" and was otherwise entitled to have his case adjourned sine die. The appeal of Pender Ward was also adjourned sine die, the others being dismissed on account of participation ih a. particular strike.. Robert Alison, mine manager at Brunnerton, appealed on behalf of Edwin Ernest Hill, Joseph Shannahan and John Thomson.—Adjourned sine die on the usual conditions. James Armstrong, mine manager at the North Brimner • coal mine, appealed on behalf of Thomas Baxter, Joseph Harper, William Mtmi'O, and' James Patrick Ruaue.—Adjourned sine die on the usual conditions. , > John Watson, manager at Blackball, appealed on behalf of Win. Adamsou, Stevenson Blair, George Clark, George Taylor Clark, Gibson Benjamin Dawson, James Edward Gibson, John Wallace Gourley, Frankton Thornton. James, John 8. Kerr, Thomas Kerr, John ' Levaek, Alfred John Levings, James D. Le Green, Angus McLagan John . Marshall, Wilfred Rasmusseh, Edward Taylor, Win. Walker and Walter Wilkinson.—Adjourned sine die, McCaul's application for a re-hear-ing being granted. The following miners were individually called but did not appear:—W. J. Crawford, J. R, Gamble, J. Hart, J. Pender, J. W. Thomson, and F. Wolsterihouse. (Proceeding.) ■