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Grey River Argus, 22 June 1944, Page 2

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A RIN G against dirhillips Tobacco ar ‘ rl to Hoki:4^??l’ VvOre considerManpower at Greymouth K - G. Archer pre--Gated with him were Kelly and H. Lee. The Officer, Mr. G. was also in attendBaird, (Mr. J'. W. against the remission for him to ter- ■ ,'J’®’ s employment with the Electric Lines Branch, Department, Greymouth. M. Gallagher, Signal ElecLines Inspector, representsaid the Department for his release from on his return, the work dbne by him was not availhe was told he would have Mgo t° the country. Before jointhe Department he had been a so he had taken employment H a mine until instructed to return B the Department. . r Mr. A. Smith, manager of the FLiverpooi Mine, said that Balld nth worked for him for over a and he was a man he eoal f ad nn he well to employ. As a shiftman w.as a very important . smplo^ i J ence Mr Gallagher, giving evidence said that on his return Baird[ had performed several essent.al 1 ays Greymouth. Men were n°t aiway keot in the same class of rk ’ had To Mr. Hannan: Baird n.ad only four month’s experience on the 11 al' the man wanted totransfer to the very J m porcant _in dust > mining, the chairman sa.d way mittee would not sfna ted . and the appeal would be g Ltd . Blackball Creek Gold D k insT (Mr. .1. W. Hannan, appealed ak the direction of James L. nayu N.Z. Railways. Ahaura. A v Evidence was given c orn pany. M ?J ,US p"'H' ! Morey D(Ariel Traffic M aTaJri required for maintenan Reefton line. that it appeared Mr. Hannan said that it apy that an experienced man a re . man, was beiner directed to quiring no ex oerience. rai lways The Committee sa.d tne was an essential occupation and tne appeal must be dismisse . MarMrs Leslev Thurlow and Max Mar ah"! (Mr J. W. Hannan) appeals against direction of the former to Hokitika Mental Hospital. , Directee said she and jL e - br . . were proprietors of a ladies hair dressing business in GreymoutK one in the business had the expei ence necessary to carry on should she be directed to Hokitika. Her nusbarid and brother were both overseas. Hei sister could not assist * he owing to her young child and nei ptate of health. Mr. Mitchell said he thought thadirectee’s sister would have been available. The appeal was allowed. Mrs T. M. Parnell and R. N. Powell (Mr. W. D. Taylor) appealea against the direction of the former to the tobacco factory, Wellington. R. Powell said directee was his daughter and owing to the ill-health oi his w fe (a doctor’s certificate) beingproduced) he did not desire her to leave the district. His daughter s husband had been overseas for three years. Evidence vzas given by directee who said that in the circumstances, she could not leave home to. undertake war work. Her mother spent a great deal of time in bed and could not in . her better moments do the housework. >—The appeal was allowed. Jack Critchlev (Mr. W. D. Taylor)

* appealed against refusal of permission to leave the Dispatch Foundry (Mr. A. M. Jamieson) to join the - Union Steamship Coy. Appellant said he was out of his time and wished to go to sea, having secured a position in an overseas vessel as an engineer, to secuie his marine engineer’s ticket. The foundry’s attitude had not been discussed when he had been offered the position on the ship. He did not think he had worked six and a-half hours’ overtime a week, last year. Mr. W. P. Hambleton, Manager of the foundry, said that the foundry . now had only two journeymen fitters. Should Critchley be released the output would be adversely affected. The Union Steamship Company would not take men the Foundry required. He had lost five fitters last year. Tn Mr. Taylor: The majority oi Critchley’s work was for the dredging industry, which had not been declared essential. ~ , ~ o T After hearing evidence of Mr. S. J. Davis, manager. Greymouth branch of the U.S.S. Company, the Committee announced that the appeal would be dismissed. . Mrs. E. Bellis appealed against the direction of Roy E. J. Bell s to employment with the N.Z. Railways. Ikamatua. . Desmond Bellis, appearing on behalf of his mother, said that if directee had to leave Greymouth no one would be left at home with his mother, and three young children. His father worked at Kotuku, and could come home only on week-ends. His mother had been ill in bed for six months. His brother aged 32 years, ■ had not worked for two months, since 'he left the Railway. He had been allowed to leave the locomotive branch bf the Railways. He had not been •able to secure work in town since. Directee, 1 in evidence said he had worked in the engine-shed, Greymouth for two and a-half years. He had tried to obtain work in the mines i or on the Borough, but had not been successful. —The appeal was allowed. Kathleen Searle (Mr. A. M. Jamieson) appealed against refusal of permission to terminate her employment with the Mental Hospitals Depart- - ment. Hokitika. Appellant said she had had four years as a nurse at Hokitika and had " passed -her senior examination. She felt there was no further advance- .. ment in mental nursing and to ad- ' vance her career she wished to enter a general hospital, having secured a position at Gisborne. Her wages would be considerably less. To Dr. T. W. J. Childs. Medical

Superintendent at Hokitika, she agreed that she could advance a few - more steps at Hoiktika, but it would • take too long. Dr. Childs: The hospital was still in a prettv desperate position as far as senior nurses were concerned though ■ few junior nurses had recently been . directed to the institution To Mr. Jamieson: The position was - improving. It was natural for nurses *. to"leave and accent general training. < appeal was dismissed. Greymouth Motors Ltd., appealed ■' against, the.direction of Jean Doris ■ Orr to the Hokitika Mental Hospital. Mr. W. E. J. Steer said that the office, staff onlv comprised an account- " ant. directee and a bov. .She d;d not want..to go to the Menial Hospital.— " The appeal was allowed Aenes. Nicholas and Mrs. W. M. P Stewart. annealed against-the former’s direction to the tobaco factory,

Wellington. A ! Mr. W. M\ Stewart, Headmaster or the Greymouth Technical High School, said directee was a house-maid-waitress at the school hostel. There were only two housemaid- j waitresses in the hostel, where there: were twenty-four residents. To Mr. Mitchell: He would require J a replacement to have similar qualifi" | cations as directed. —The appeal was allowed. _ , ~ T . Trumans, Ltd., and Carmel Margaret Knowles (Mr. W. D. Taylor; appealed against the direction 01 Miss Knowles to the Godfrey Phillips ’Tobacco Factory, Wellington. Jas. Truman, a director of Humans’ Ltd., said directee was showroom manageress at Hokitika, an was an experienced corsetiere, bein.x the onlv employee capable of titnn o customers. The staff was at an absolute minimum and no . satisfactory replies had been received to six advertisements for a successor to arectee. The Greymouth staff was understaffed by four and no one could be spared for Hokitika Mr. Mitchell stated that a P re y - ous appeal by directee against direction to the Hokitika Mental Hospital had been allowed on medica gl Miss Knowles, in evidence, stated she had been six vears with the firm. She d d not wish to go to Wellington, feeling she was more essential in the work for which she had been trained. Thomas Bond, Secretary of the Shop Assistants’ Union, said that U. Miss Knowles were taken it would be impossible to replace her; a senior should be left to train juniors.—The appeal was allowed. Mrs. J. Todd appealed against the direction of Olive May Greening to the” Westland Laundry, Ltd., Greymouth. —No appearance was made. Mr Mitchell stating directee was now employed at the laundry, and the appeal was struck out. Charles O’Rourke (Mr. J. W. Hannan) opposed the direction of Joan O’Rourke to the tobacco factory, the case being a rehearing. Witness said he was proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, Hokitika, where two daughters, including directee, were employed. There was an average of six casual boarders a day besides regulars. Directee also attended to witness, who suffered from arthritis. His other daughter who was at home, did not keep good health, and his wife was not well. In addition, his wife’s elderly mother was at home and required attention. —The appeal was allowed. Rose Stapleton (Mr. A. M. Jamieson) appealed against her direction to the tobacco factory Miss Olive Stapleton, sister of directee, said she was a partner with her in the only milk bar in Hokitika. Both also assisted with housework. Directee managed the milk bar, working from 10 am. to 111 P Mr.. Mitchell said Miss Stapleton had previously been directed to the Hokitika Mental Hospital, an appeal, against that being dismissed. Subsequently Dr. W. A. Bird examined her and declared she was not a suitable type for direction there. Directee tendered a medical certificate from Dr H. S. Ray about her nervous condition. She definitely did not want to go to the factory.— /The appeal was dismissed. TRANSFER OPPOSED. David Guthrie (Mr. Taylor) appealed against permission being granted the Railways Department to transfer him from the position of shunter, Greymouth, at the rate oi 2s 9id per hour to the position of storeman, Grade 2, Invercargill, at the rate of 2s 6Jd per hour. Mr. E. J. Chapman, Assistant-Traffic Manager, represented the Department. Appellant stated he had been witn the Department, for over 21 years and had been in Greymouth for seven years. He had previously been a shunter, but owing to an accident in December, 1943, the Department ■had employed him as a goods shea hand since January. He produced a letter from the Secretary of the Pipe Band, of which he was an official. He considered he was capable of undertaking guard’s duty, for which he had been recommended last year. ’He had previously been living six miles from Bluff, and on account of his wife’s health he had been recommented to leave. To Mr. Mitchell: Several men below him in the classification list had been promoted guard, but he had not exercised his right of appeal. Mr. Chapman said Guthrie sustained an accident playing football some years ago and a medical cei> tificate ' stated that that injury would have developed further two years hence had the railway mishap not occurred. He was regarded as a good man and would have got his promotion as guard had he been physically fit. His duties as a guard would largely encompass those of a shunter, but it would be impossible for him to shunt goods trains in view of his medical certificate. That stated that Guthrie should not work among moving vehicles. Though Guthrie would drop a grade by being appointed . storeman, compensation had been arranged to be paid for two years from the time of the accident, two vears being the period in which medical opinion contended that fresh signs of his football injury would have appeared in any case. There was no other' available position for Guthrie. Recalled, Guthrie said he had not felt any effects of his football accident since it occurred in 1926 up till the time of the railway accident. There had been no pain or swelling. The Chairman remarked that jt must have been pure hypothesis, if not guesswork, that Guthrie’s football injury would 'have been aggravated within two years in any case. Mr. Chapman said he saw no reason why Guthrie should not be promoted to guard if his physical condition were restored. The Chairman said he felt Guthrie had reason to be disturbed by the proposed transfer to Invercargill, where a house would not be available for him. Announcing the Committee’s reserved decision, the Chairman said, “we are of the opinion that Guthrie is entitled to generous and. sympathetic treatment by the Department, and we are by no means satisfied that the proposed transfer to Invercargill, with a substantial reduction in pay, represents the best solution of the problem of finding him suitable work in the future. It is suggested that the whole position be further discussed by Guthrie’s legal adviser and the Department, with a view to arriving at a more satisfactory arrangement. We do not approve of the transfer now proposed and this appeal, therefore, is allowed.”