RESERVIST TROUBLES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16584, 6 July 1917, Page 6

RESERVIST TROUBLES

APPEALS BEFORE BOARD. SEVERAL FIGHTING RECORDS. The First \ Military ;' Service ' Board resumed its ■• Bitting yesterday, ; Mr. .F, J. Burgess; presiding. . .. .. v!->>r» •■•■; ■•'-. " ', Tobias Alison, builder, Devonjiort (Mr, McCormicic), appealed ,on behalf of his son Stanley Alison. ; Appellant said \ one , son had served at Gallipoli ,'and. •been; Sis-, charged ; another ,had. been reported missing after the Moines %lit, and . a third was fighting in Palestine. , The board, ; agreed that'the family had done well, arid granted exemption eine'dic.' t■ . rJ v •* : Frederick W. ; Brookfield appealed on behalf ;of ' his son .Kenneth L. \P.%|froj?l<: field. 5 • Appellant said his son-was'; the only one '-left" to - assist him. in.: his-busi-ness. One"ion had been killed in France, another in Gallipoli,' and M third, was at present, serving in Franco. The case was, adjourned -sine' dio, Mr. Brookfield : hcing complimented on the. family. record- ; Richard' Birch, " ploughman, ,Papakura; waif -allowed-until Autrtist'23 to adjust his affairs. Frederick A. Browne, architect, Fort Street, was' granted leave 'until August 23,;iri- order to dispose of his business; .' Sydney M. Perkins, .whose wife is in delicate health, , : was allowed leave until October 18. ■ Ernest W. Tucker, ship cook, Mount Eden (Mr. . Moody), appealed on the ground: of occupation. Mr. A. B. Irvine, manager' of the Union Steam Ship Com' pany,- said it I 'was almost • impossible "to secure ■ fiu.itab.le. cqojjb: j The/' appeal was adjourned sine die.- ,<, , • ]? Alexander Matthews, '.a ■ volunteer, who had : twice been medically rejected, was allowed. ono month's leave, in order to complete repairs to his mother's house. One brother was : at the front and another had returned wounded. i, ; ". • '■;•■ The : appeal of Frederick J./'Beehan; traveller Grafton Boad, was adjourned for purposo -of- having;;- appellant medlctillv.' bis -.uncle, the Hon, -W. Beelian; producing doctors' certificates Jjh'ai appellant -is : * njifit for service. ~ :> ' ■ ■r Daniel A. Brisbane, farmer, Papakura, said ho,was working a dairy farm oil 72 acres, and had arranged for a" man to take'it over," but he'would hot* be"available ■• for about : ; 10 weeks. ; Appellant "w» granted exemption until September 20. Arthur" • "Burns,' Randolph £ Street, asked -for exemption until'one cf~hvo brothers at the front returned. , Tip cage was' adjourned lino':die/ ; William Miller, 'farmer, Ararimu South, was allowed exemption ljntij* September 30, j' ? having '. man e;' arrangements • for hie farm to' be taken over by a manager". .; The appeal, of Walter- R. Gashmore, Ponsonby, was allowed, i; appellant ;• being under age. _ " -"' * -i'^^o^ Sydney Hunt, Morningside, whose father appealed on his behalf, was granted JeavVunli] .'July 26, * ,; ' - „..'.'.; *■' Oil the application of the Inspector of Prisons, - titer caw"* of 'John P>?Brophy; warder, Mount Eden gaol, was adjourned sine die. ' ■ : * »: Herbert B. Burgess, Mount Fdcn, was granted! leave ; until; September', 20, owing i to the state of his wife's health,