RESERVISTS' APPEALS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16672, 17 October 1917, Page 8

RESERVISTS' APPEALS.

EXEMPTION AND LEAVE. SEVERAL OASES REVIEWED. The sittings of the First Auckland Military Service Board were resumed yesterday - r, « The appeal of Louip George Ross, of Grey Lynn (Mr. Stanton), was reviewe..'. Appellant stated that his circumstance.) were unchanged. A brother had been injured on a torpedoed vessel. His only I reason for appealing was his desire to leave his mother in & satisfactory position. He had two brothers at the front. Evidence in support of the appeal was ! given by William Peat, a grocer, who I stated that he knew Mrs. Boss had had a I very hard struggle. Mrs. Ross stated that for the past two years she had received no money from her son who had been on the torpedoed ship. She had got in arrears with her household accounts, and . could w-i do with less than she was receiving from her remaining son. The board further adjourned the case to enable application for increased financial assistance to be made. Ivan St. Clair Culpan, Ponsonby, whoso case was reopened, said that he was the : only sen at home to attend to his father, who was paralytic. His mother was in I failing health, and required the attention iof his sister. The board adjourned the appeal sine die. brie Blampied, Bayswater, who had been previously granted leave owing to the ill-health of his uncle j and aunt, was granted leave until _ FebI ruary 8, on account of the continued indisposition. Brass-finisher Exempted. Walter R. Strachan, brass-finisher (Mr. H. H. Ostler), appealed on the groflcd of occupation. A. and T. Burt, his employers, also appealed on his behalf. Appellant, stated that he was supporting-his mother and unmarried sister living in Dunedin. Alexander Burt said appellant had been employed by his firm for 23 years. Seventy-five per cent, of his work was ship repairs, and the repairing of dairying machines. There was a serious shortage of brass-finishers. Up to the present 72 employees of the firm in Auckland had gone to the war. The board granted exemption sine die. > Alfred A. Pyman, salesman (Mr. Hall 1 Skelton), appealed on the ground that he I was supporting his invalid mother and sister. Appellant's mother wrote that she had had no assistance from her husband for some time, and the appellant had been keeping the home together. On Major Conlan's application the appeal wag adjourned for further inquiry. William R. Tole, Onehunga, whose three brothers are at the front, and who is supporting his mother, was granted leave until one of his brothers returns. Norman McLean, sewing machine repairer (Mr. Stanton}, said he was a CI reservist. After enlisting and being rejected,'he married, and had now i two children. He aslfed for three months' extension of. time. Leave, was granted until January 16. ; Fanners' Applications George Chas. Pope, farmer, Maungatawhiri, said he owned a farm' of 200 acres, and was engaged in general farming.' He • was also managing the farm of his brother, j who was on active service. Two other I brothers, aped 16 and 18, were at home. ! Ho applied for time to enable him to harI vest crops of turnips, oats and crass. Leave I was granted until February 8. I Noel G. Litchfield, farmer, Waiua Pa (Mr. McVeaeh), annealed for exemption !on the ground of occupation. He had a farm at Tiraut and was engaged in stock raising. His three brothers were at the front, and his father, who was not in good health, was lookine after the farm of one of his brothers. He would be wiling to go when one of his brothers returned. Anked by Major Conlan why he had vnlnnfMrnd nt n«o timo armcllant. rMilipd

| volunteered at one time, appellant replied that he did so in a rash moment, without a due appreciation of his responsibilities. Leave was granted until February 8, the case to be reviewed at that time if appellants brothers had not returned. „ William M. Taylor, shearer and farm hand. Maun&aturoto, appealed on the ground of occupation. Appellant stated i that he sheared about 2000 sheep each seaI son for about eight settlers. _ He also I worked on his father's farm, which carried ; 600 sheep and a number of cattle. He had a brother who had been rejected. EviI dence in support of the appeal was given by appellant's father, Wm. John Taylor, Leave was granted until December 13. Fruit Grader Granted Leave. Walter J. Brunning, Grey Lynn, a volunteer, who was drawn in the" ballot and given two mouths' leave, now applied for exemption on the ground of occupation. Tim Waitemata Fruitgrowers' Co-operative Society (Mr. Haddow) also appealed for his exemption. Appellant stated that he was an expert grader and fruit packer. He was a supervisor and taught the busi- . ness to others. John Tonar, manager of ! the society, said that Brunning was brought from Australia at considerable expense, and there was a great shortage of competent fruit graders.' The Agricul-' tural Department had advised the fruitgrowers to grade their fruit, and to do so properly the services of an expert were required. He produced* a letter from the Minister for Defence, in which it was stated that the work in which Brunniijg was engaged was essential, and Military Service Boards had been instructed to exempt men who were indispensable. The board 'intimated that it was satisfied that appellant's place could not be. filled by l anybody else at present, and it would be a serious detriment to the fruit industry if he were" removed. It would recommend leave cntil May, 1918. | D'Arcy V. Comber, bookbinder, of Pon--1 sonby, a member of the New Zealand Force to Samoa, applied for leave [to arrange his affairs. P. J. Dick, a member of the firm of J. F. Leitrhton and Son. book- . binders, applied for total exemption for appellant, owing to the bookbinding staff being redured from six to two. The calling up of Comber would leave the firm in a serious position. love was granted until I January 10. Arthur R. Donald, insurance j clerk, Mount Eden, who applied for ex-' tension of time, stated he was chief clerk! in the Auckland branch of the Ocean Acci-! dent Guarantee Corporation, and it would take at least four months to train a man I to replace him. The manager of the branch supported the appeal, and leave was granted until January 15. Extension of leave was granted to January 10 to Owen Short, farmer, Waiuku: C. E. Tilbv. «l„ m nio,.oli» , ..J U -tr TT- Li •

, : plumber, tllerslte; and E. H. Houghton, * Mount Eden. Frank J. O'Budien, Grey i Lynn, was granted leave until February 8. \ ' WAIKATO RESERVISTS, i HEARING OF APPEALS. i i [by telegraph.—own correspondent,] HAMILTON. Tuesday.

, The Military Service Board to-day granted exemption sine die to the follow,ling:— Scott, milker, Gordonton; , ! Nathan' Ruraney, farm manager, Komakorau; Sydney Hinton, farmer, Matangi; Louis Handler, fanner, Naike; and Jasper , Bennett, farm manager, Waerenga. The case of Robert Hayes, music teacher, , Hamilton, was adjourned until January, and that of Philip Holmes, coachbuildor, Cambridge, for three months. The appeals of Albert Mcßurney, farmer, Te Akatf, J. A. Lynch, blacksmith, Ngaruawahia and Marks Smith, dairy farmer", Karamu,'were adjourned for a month, for inquiry. Thomas Francis Taylor, farmer, Te Kowhai, had his appeal allowed, being under age. Percy Hinton was recommended for short leave l from camp so that he could help on his father's farm. F. Bodging, labourer, Matangi, arid he had religious objections even to non-com-batant service. The appeal was diamond The appellant said he belonged to the sict known as the testimony of Jesus. I