Half of Married Men With Children Appeal
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND. April 20. Nearly 50 per cent, of the Auckland reservists on March 25, married men of from IS to 29 years with children, have appealed against military service, said the secretary of the Auckland ManPower Committee, Mr. L. N. Harris, to-day. Auckland’s quota was 3093, of whom 1512 had appealed. The bulk of the appeals were ou grounds of personal hardship or on behalf of reservists on *he grounds that they were engaged in essential work. There was a marked decrease in the appeals on the grounds of conscientious objectors. TOO MANY EXCEPTIONS? Per Press Association. DANNEVIRKE, April 20. The annual meeting of the Danne virke and District Returned Services’ Association carried unanimously the following resolution: “That this meeting deplores the number of appeals being made for exemption from service and requests the New Zealand Returned Services’ Association to place before the competent authority the desirability of appointing local representatives to the various appeal committees.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 93, 21 April 1942, Page 4
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