APPEALS LODGED

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 11 December 1940, Page 8

APPEALS LODGED

iok railwaymen in ballot ADJOURNMENTS SINE DIE [United Press Association! 1 CHRISTCHURCH, 10th Dec. Explaining why it was considered desirable to seek adjournments sine die in cases of railway employees conscripted for territorial training, the National i Service Department has advised the j Christchurch Man Power Committee ! ! that 545 appeals have been lodged for j i lailwaymen called in the second ballot. ;At the beginning of November. 1940, | there were 2361 railway forces serving j with the armed forces overseas or in ; 1 training for overseas service. In addi- ; ; lion 584 men were undergoing Terri- j torial training in the first ballot. 638 ! men were conscripted and appeals were i instituted in respect of 139 of these. In the second ballpt 1354 were called and ! the director has appealed for 545. a \ery large proportion of whom are ' i train operating crew personnel. The greater percentage of the men appealed I for in the second ballot was due in part ;to the heavy seasonal operations. “It ■ has to be pointed out that in respect of ' the locomotive running and traffic i branches very few would be available for mobilisation with the Territorial j • forces in event of an extreme emer- j | gency.” states die National Service De_ [ partment. “In the circumstances it has 1 been considered desirable to seek ad- | ; journments sine die in all cases. The i I matter of availability for Territorial j | training, however, will be the subject , of regular and close review.”