APPEALS BY RESERVISTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16761, 30 January 1918, Page 6

APPEALS BY RESERVISTS

CASES IN AUCKLAND.

LEAVE AND EXEMPTION.

Tp, First Military Service Board sat yes- 'J torday to hear appeals and applications I for leave. o Judge Holland, of the Native Land a Court, appealed for iho retention of Lud- I wig R. Toutenberg, registrar of the n Tokerau Land BoariPs district. Appellant said Teutonberg's work was of a special c nature, ho having- had 16 years' training. * It was impossible to fill his place. The I Department had 56 officers at the begin- £ ning of the war, of whom 25 had gone to the front, and five had been killed. The c chairman said the board recognised that 1 Tcutenberg's work required special know- I ledge, and adjourned the case sine die. John Herbert appealed for an extension 1 of leave for his son, F. G. Herbert, farmer, 8 Pukekohe. Appellant said that if his son I were taken the farm would seriously 1 deteriorate, as this son was the only one ; with a farming knowledge. The son said I ho had grass-sowing, draining and other ( work to complete. Major Conlan ex- . pressed the opinion that some of the , brothers ought to be able to assist on tho t farm. Leave was granted until May 1. | Hugh Scally, farmer and contractor, j Hobsonvillo, said he was managing two t farms and had important roadmg con- ( tracts. It was impossible to dispose of j his plant at present. His wife was an invalid. Leave was granted until ( Julv 1. , James Finlay, farmer, Patumahoo (Mr. ( Eanna), appealed on behalf of his son, ( William, a volunteer. Appellant said ho ( was 77 years of age, and had served in tho Maori War. When his son volun- | teered he hoped to have been able to carry , on the farm with the aid of a daughter, J but she was now incapacitated, and appel-, j lant found it impossible to carry on with- ( out his son. It was also impossible to , lease the property or to obtain labour. Another son was at the front. The son , for whom ho was appealing was anxious , to serve,os ho said that in view of his 1 father's and brother's record he thought ' he, toe, should be serving. The chairman said that as tho board was dealing with j a volunteer, it could not grant, exemption, but it would recommend leave for six 1 months, and tho case could be reviewed again then. W. E. Sill, secretary of tho Auckland i Slaughtermen's Union (Mr. Hosking), proved that Alfred P. Doolan and John ' Kelly were bona-fido slaughtermen, and the cases were adjourned sine die, on the understanding that they must engage, in ' an essential industry during the slack season. COALMINERS' POSITION. OBLIGATION'S DEFINED. [nv TELEGRAPH. —OWN' CORRESPONDENT.] DUXEDIN, Tuesday. Sfveral coalminers were cited before the Military Service Board sitting at Balclutha to-day, at the instance of tho i Taratau and Kaitangata mine managers. These men had either left- one mine and i gone to another, or they had gone harvesting, without notifying military authorities or consulting the wishes of "the mine; managers. In one case it transpired that 12 men ' had left tho mine to go harvesting, merely telling the manager that they were leav- \ ing. The position stated was that these men were military reservists who had been exempted at a previous sitting of tho board, on the grounds that they were engaged in the essential industry of coalmining, on condition that thev remained in their tjion employment. In another case it was stated that two men had left the Kaitangata mine, stating that they were going to Blackball. The chairman, speaking to the miners concerned, said that men in their position would have to realise that they wete really soldiers, and must remain at'the essential •industry for which they were exempted. They must either do that or go into camp. Notices should be posted at the Kaitangata and the Taratau mines warning the miners of the trouble they might expect to get into by going away without duo notice, or changing their means of livelihood; After some discussion it was agreed that these notices had better be placed at tho mines by the board and not by the mine authorities. MILITARY DOCTOR BALLOTED. ' • BOARD GRANTS EXEMPTION. [BY TEIiBGRAPII, —OWN" CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON. TuesdaY Among those recently called up by ballot was L'olonef Robertson, principal medical officer at Featherstou camp, for whom an appeal for exemption was made to-day before the Military Service Board by Colonel Purdy, director of medical services. In reply to the chairman Colonel l'urdy said that Colonel Robertson was not unwilling to go. but, if he did go, it would bo in a medical capacity and in that direction lie was doing very much more valuable work here. The Chairman: It appears to me that it may be rather hard on Colonel RobertBon—who has not appealed—if ho desires to go, and if, on your appeal, we say ho must stay. Colonel Purdy : It is not a question of his desiring to go. It is a question of doing what he is told. He is a soldier. Exemption sine die waß graijted,