MILITARY SERVICE BOARD

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 9 July 1917, Page 6

MILITARY SERVICE BOARD

APPEAL CASES.

The Fii-st Military Service Board sat J on Saturday.. I The appeals of 0. H. Marx, J. H. \ Gwynne, A. Campbell, and J. Steele were dismissed, and appellants granted leave until August 21; the appeals of A. Crocker and C. W. Carlson were also dismissed, leave being granted until September 18. The appeal of John Goodwin "McCarty, dairy farmer, Manaia, a sine die case, for whom Mr Welsh appeared, was reoonsider.ed. Johnston McCarty, the father of the appellant, said he had two sons out of four in camp; the other was a Second Division man, working his own farm, •while the appellant assisted witness on his farm of 200 acres, on which he was milking 70 cows. The married son's farm was opposite witness' farm. He could not manage the farm without appellant. To Captain '•Walker: He did not con. sider the question of sharemilking, as there was the difficulty of getting good men. Decision was reserved. •The section 35 appeal of Gerald O'Reilly, larmer, Waverley, was allowed, and his ballot appeal-was formally dismissed, appellant having been boarded C& Leslie William Catchpole, 'farmer, Taa-ata, for whom Mr Spratt appeared, j appealed on the grounds of public in- j terest and undue hardship. I The appellemt, who is married, stated that h.e was working a 317 acre educational lease. Part of the land was cleared. Of four sons of military age three went away with the Main Body of the ] fcxpeditionaiy Force, two of whom were! killed at Gallipoli. One son was still in 1< ranee. .To Captain Walker: He had not con sidered the question of a manager. A. B. Catchpole, dairy farmer' Mokoia, gave evidence as to the difficulty oi. working appellant's farm. Mr Spratt said the appellant Just missed the Second Division by a few weeks and thought hi 3 case was one de serving of consideration. Decision was reserved The appeal of Martin' Patrick Ford farm hand, Makahu, for whom Mr U Dea appeared, a sine die case, was reconsidered. The appellant, in his evidence, which V! ? r\Ithe1 the same lines as previously, stated that he believed his younger brother and- sisters could arrange the milking of the 35 cows, but the difficulty was m regard to the cropping which was don© by the appellant -Decision was reserved _In the sine die appeal of Reuben -Hartley, farmer, Awatuna, Mr O'Bea who appeared for the appellant, suggested thalfc Hartley be re-examined as he had an artificial eye. The Board agreed to counsel's suggestion and adjourned the ease until the- iu-st sitting in August. « + DS ld l ßo™!> Ploughman and farmer, btrofcford, asked for three months' ex emption. appeal was dismissed and leave granted until August 21 The appeal of Harold Edwin Ehriiorn, laborer, Waverley, who did not appear, was dismissed. The section 35 appeal of James Pater son saddler, Patea, who had been' medically boarded C 2, was allowed. Ihe Board adjourned until 10 o'clock on Monday morning.