BESERVISTS' APPEALS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16879, 18 June 1918, Page 7

BESERVISTS' APPEALS.

FREEZING WORKS COOPER. SINK DIE EXEMPTION. jApPEALS for leave ,-i'H exemption wore considered i\\ l'o First An. kland Military! Service Board yesterday. Robert Hani!!!. ' p cooper, en-.)'!■ .<.l at Ho!h,bys, West field, j appealed en tli-' gioun.) of occupation. I Ho state.! !." had ii me cut to New' Zealand -i November .if last year, j paving provr.i'.sh been cugajed with >» fhippH'C ' aipir.y .; Belfast, lieland. He had no 'i'/' ' "it •■: all to sen ice. aid ■would I" 1 wilti: l ,: to i;.. into camp if the company ■ i;.'l l.pla. o him There was jir quest .-.i .-; tiAit'.i; to avoid service by coming <"■;! ■< Sen Zealand, for there was po cons, i ipt:i':i in Ireland He had io|t his wife thi-r-. and worked hi* wav out 0:1 j, ship as sotn.erv mail. •■W'hv did you leave Ireland:" asked the' fhainv art "Well, sir " icp'.ied appe'Uat. " Lloyd George pit .1 dumper on the whisk v .wid (.he coopering Hade ... t s'ack. so I thought I'd better , e.w , at '" The appeal was o!i| ported hy S. Wing, secretary and in.mace. - 01 Heli'.ibys. Ltd , who stated ;,.a; there was grout' s.iuitv pi coopers He Is .id advert. s< d extens.velv (or men. but without sii.'uss Ihe extension of freezing « iks in the province had Created a great demand for men. The ccmpar.v was unable to 1 omp'.ele orders on! account .-; tin- ditlicuity of g-otng the : jsegs made. He was quite s.iiistied the company would be unable to replace. Hamill. The appeal was adjourned sue die. I Engineer {or Dairy Company. ! A...burys. Ltd . appealed for the retention of Ernest J hi\, mechanical engineer (Mr. Ho, kins.i. 1. H. Chapman, director. said Joley was 1:1 charge of tile repairs to machinery at the company's two refrigerat.,.o pants and to the.r mot;: lorries and mi tor-far.*. '! > wear and ■ ar on the latter ■.«, very a .-.-at. and 'thee were constantly in need ■>' repairs. Ti.ev ha ; previously been s.nt to the garage tor repairs, but this had lvear.t considerable delay, owing to pressure of work. It was quite impossible to go back to the vise of Jiorses instead of motors. An ordinary motor-mechanic would not be able to do (he work Jobey was dump. Evidence was given as to the shortage of engineers, and Appellant"? special qtialilieatio.r.g for the work on which he was engaged. Mr. Tire : He would be a very useful man for the Transport Corps." by all accounts .' Leave was granted until October 10. ; Messrs. F. J. Porter and Company ':. dijed an appeal for the retention of 'Herbert Hassall. expert dyer, and manager of the business. F. J. Porter, who gave evi- i Hence, said Hassall had been in his employ 1 for 11 year.-, and mid not be replaced. I A medical certificate was produced, stat- ! ing that Mr. Porter himself was not in sufficiently good health to take over the • management of the business. The case' was adjourned until August 1, pending further inquiry. Ernest G. Hawkins. Pon Bonby. a milk vendor, in the employ of the Farmers' Milk Supply Company." ap-i pealed on the ground of occupation and • personal hardship. The company was not supporting the case, having decided not to appeal for any of its men. Adjournment until August 15 was granted. Sine die adjournment was granted Robert Hamil- ! ton (CD, fanner, Waiuka. Since the case i ■was previously heard appellant's younger I brother had come of military r.ge. and J had enlisted, appellant, now being the ! only man left on to farm. The appeal I cm William H. Kircher. based on domes- j tic grounds, was jidjourned until July i 17. Leonard H. Heard. Pa-rneU, and j Frank Hewlett were granted until Orto. i her 10 in order to complete bus ness j arrangements. The appeal of Neman \ Jansen. shunter. Mount Eden, was ad journed pending an appeal by the Railway Department. Sufferer from Miner's Complaint. j Edwin J. Hardman, Dominion Road (Mr. Hall Skeltonj. produced a medical certificate to the effect that he was suffer- I ing from miner's complaint. He said he I had had to give up mining because of his [ illness, and two brothers were dying from 1 the same complaint. The board decided to recommend that appellant should he reexamined. The Steel Const miction Company (Mr. A. E. Skelton) appealed on behalf of Stan I ley H. J one*, engineer, and ,-■. director of ' the. firm. W. E. Alexander, managing j director, said .Jones was enlaced in super ! vising the ere tion of new iron and steel- j rolling plant, which would take another I six months, and it was asked that he be I allowed leave until the plant is completed. Iron and steel sections were in great de mand, and the work of constructing them had bean classed as essential by the Efficiency Board. A number of testimonials as to Jones's ability were put in by counsel, who stated that Jones came of "a fighting family, and was not supporting the anpe?.l. Mr. Alexander stated that in the meantime the company was producing practically nothing, but when" the plant was completed it was expected that the output of steel plates, bars, and see.' tions would be about 30 tons a week. Old metal w?.« collected from the country and - made fit to use again bv means of the j new plant. Jones was the only member of the firm capable of supervising the \ erection of the plant. The work could j not be expedited because of the scarcity of skilled labour. The rase was adjourned to July 4 for a report from the Efficiency Board. TE KUm RESERVISTS. [BT TELEGEArn. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] TF, KCITI. Monday. The Second Auckland Military Servii e fcoard heard several appeals here to-day. ; Decision '-'.-as reserved in the rases of Walter Fullerton and Norman Archer. . farmers, of Oparure. who pleaded undue hardship, and in the ' . a.-'e ■', Leonard i Ndcholls, dairy farmer. Pi. | .■.. fiortrainj Condon, farmer. Awakino. stated thr.t be! IB the only so,, left in New Zealio-,1. o„e ! brother having b-ei, killed on active <=ei- : vice. He v,-;e granted sine die exemption. ' Thomas Bia.r. farmer. Awakino. was! granted one month's leave in when to make arrangements for the carrying on of his farm f'h: Covle. farmer, Piopio. . and Robert. Wa'tni." lailwav cmp'.fvee, ' "were carl, exempted sin.- die.'both having three brothers on live service, 1; t;,!'/ W. Borne, and A. Kneebone were t-ian'ed extension of time. ..win-- to the ill-health of their wives. FV,tn!nrd. : er Th ait <■*. ' who had seen three years' service a,p|. P d jor his discharge. 'The bo-ad promised that his rase would receive favourable Consideration. i