APPELLANT’S WEAKNESS
DISLIKES ARMY FOOD. (Press Assn.) AUCKLAND, May 1. Stating that lie could not subsist on army rations because he ate nothing but wholemeal and milk and water, James Richard Walker, a bricklayer, appealed against service on the ground of hardship before the No. 1 Appeal Board. “J sec you have been passed fit,” saitl the chairman (Mr C. R. tJrrWalker) : Did you tell the doctors you could not cat army food?” “Not exactly,” said the reservist, “but 1 told them I was very weak in that respect.’’ He had already served three months in the Territorial camp, the reservist added. “How did you get on?” asked the chairman. Appellant: I ’ bought my own food. 1 could not each such food. “Well, the medical men will deal with that when you are in camp,” said itlie chairman, “if the stomach proves I too weak you will he put out of j camp.s i 1 lie appeal was dismissed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 128, 1 May 1941, Page 8
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