MANPOWER APPEALS

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 January 1944, Page 2

MANPOWER APPEALS

CONCLUDING CASES. The Christchurch . M aWY er r 4£" peal Committee concluded its Giey mouth sitting, yesterday Mr K. G. Archer presiding. Also pi esent were Messrs H.. Lee and P. t Kpllv Mr. G. G. M. iviitcneii, District ’Manpower Officer, being m attendance. /r * M Harkers Tearooms, Ltd (Mi. A. M. Jamieson) appealed against the d section of Ida MacDonald tothe Godfrey Phillips tobacco factory. Ah’ G. R. Harker said Mice MacDonald' was the . head waitress and was essential to thelbusiness. He considered she would-be giving better public service m • Greymouth thani n helping to roll cl S ar^ t . t ® S fosses ington-. There', were five waitresses <J Miss MacDonald, in evidence, said she was quite satisled to stay m her present employment. Decision was reserved. The Railways Department appealecl from the decision ot the Manpower Officer in granting Luigi Zampese, number taker, permission to leave the Department’s empioy to enter that of P. C. Peters as a chck--61 Mr G. D. Smart, Stationmaster, said Zampese, could formed important woln and ciuia not be released at once, thougnT was not contended he could not eventually be replaced. He naa be-S employed by the Department since 194'2. He had been a chckei, but witness understood lie had not. been at his trade for six years- , ■, Zampese. in evidence, said IK. juiu six years’ experience al the boot trade, thought he had not been m a C. Peters said he had started a small factory lor children s shoes and sands. The plant was in operation and at present there was a staff of 13 and it would ultimately grow to 50. Decision was reserved. William John Reid (Mr. a. W. Hannan) appealed against redirection to A. R. Wallis’s employment at Wataroa. „ , Appellant said he had been employed in A. R. Wallis’s mill at .vataroa, but had experienced a bad back and had left to join the . üblic Works Department. Mr. Mitchell said he had cancelled the release from Wallis’s because transport had been provided to avoid Reid and others having to cycle 15 miles. It was not desired to lose his services to the industry. He had appealed for release because of illhealth and the long cycle journey.

Decision was reserved

Elva Irene Smith (Mr. Hannan) appealed against direction to the Hokitika Mental Hospital. Mr. Hannan explained that in December Miss Smith had been fined £2 at Greymouth for failing to obey the direction. . Miss Smith said she worked at Paul’s Hotel at Ahaura, where she was waitress and attended to the .household' duty. She did not desire to go to the Mental Hospital, because of nervousness; she was glad to getaway after being interviewed by the ” Medical Superintendent and Matron. She was not prepared to do hospital work, but would accept a factory position in Christchurch. Preston Smith, farmer, Ahaura, father of directee, said his daughter was afraid to undertake work at the Mental Hospital. He thought she would be prepared to undertake work in Wellington. Decision was- reserved.

Scott and Co. (Mr M. B. James) appealed against the direction of Robert Spoor to employment as a nainter with the Railways Department. Greymouth. Ronald Ross said he had a painting and paperhanging business and had employed Spoor since he took over the business more than 17 years ago. He had a great deal of work, including defence work, pending at present. Spoor could be put in charge of jobs.—Decision was reserved.

William' O’Malley and G. J. Wiliams (Mr Hannan) appealed against O’Malley being directed to H. N. Wilson, Ltd., Hunterville, as a bushman. Mr Williams said he was engaged in cutting mining timber at Tkamatua and O’Malley was in his employ. He employed eight men and three youths and could do with four more men. O’Malley said his wife was in England but would be coming to New Zealand, and he intended to make a home at Tkamatua where he had lived all his life. —Decision was reserved.

F. S. Rogers opposed Hie direction of himself to H. N. Wilson, Ltd., Hunterville as a bushman. Mr Rogers said that because of injuries to his left hand received some years ago he did not feel that he was capable of doing bush work. He was driving a horse hauling timber out of the bush near Tkamatua. A medical certificate had been sent in.—The appeal was allowed on medical grounds. Malcolm Joseph Mcßride opposed his direction as a tailer-out With A. R. Wallis, Ltd., Wataroa. Mr McBride said that he had had a farm at Wafaroa of 450 acres for six or seven years. He had been with the Forestry Unit. There was a good deal to be done on the farm, where things had fallen into a bad state of repair. He had never worked in a mill in New Zealand in his Tile.-—Decision was reserved.

■ Mrs A. Finn (Mr Hannan) appealed against the direction of Hazel Margaret Finn to me factory. Mr Finn said that his daughter, who had previously been in a shop conducted by his wife, had now gone home -to look after” the house. There were four other children in the home. Miss Finn said that she had never been away from home. She had been turned down on medical grounds when directed to work at the Hokitika Mental Hospital. To Mr Mitchell she said, she had chscussed taking charge of the house "Before she was issued with the present direction.— ■Decision was reserved. Rimu Gold Dredging Co., Ltd. (Mr James) appealed against the direction of Audrey May Davies to the Westland Hospital Board as a student nurse. Mr James said that Mr Radford, manager, had been called to Auckland and had been unable to return. The case had previously been adjourned and a further adjourn-. meat was asked for. Mr Mitchell opposed the adjournment, saying that if the case were held over further it ■would be too late for Miss Davies to enter the 1944 student nursing class. Mr James said that both the girl and her parents were opposed to her taking up nursing as a career. —An adjournment was granted. Mrs E. Phillips and Dorothy Madeleine Phillips (Mr James) appealed against the direction of the Tatter to work as a student nurse at Westland Hospital. Mrs Phillips said that her daughter for for 18 months been employed as a domestic and helped at home in me afternoon. She felt that she could not do without this help. Her daughter was to be married to a man who expected to go overseas. — On Mr Mitchell’s suggestion the case was adjourned. The Committee intimated that it had decided to allow the appeal by Mrs M. Bradshaw against the direction of Joyce Barbara Pamment to the Godfrey Phillips Tobacco Factory, Wellington. The Committee adjourned the appeal of Monica Sinnott against her direction to the same factory on condition that, arrangements are made for the case to be heard immediately at Wellington, where Miss Sinnott remains on holiday. Mr W.. D". Taylor intimated that the Union Company had advised him that no accommodation for the return trip

would have been available before to-day, and Miss Sinnott intended to remain for some time yet. The Committee intimated that the reserved decisions would be made available from Christchurch,