RESERVISTS' APPEALS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16925, 10 August 1918, Page 9

RESERVISTS' APPEALS.

SEVERAL GOOD RECORDS.

DISCHARGE RECOMMENDED.

The First Auckland Military Service Board continued its sitting yesterday. John Burnie, liemuera, asked for the 0 discharge of his son, Corporal John Burnie, who had previously been granted extension of leave by the board. Evidence J was given that the soldier had served for three years and eleven months. Ho was one of eix brothers who had seen active . service. The board decided, on account of 1 the very creditable family record to recomment the discharge of appellant's eon and ' tu ask, if this was not granted, that he " be given home service duty. Leon VVittncr, Auckland, asked for the , return to New Zealand of his only son, , Corporal Herbert Wittner, who had [ served at the front for three years and , nine mouths. Hie son had been wounded \ , once and gassed on another occasion. He had enlisted before he was W years of i age, leaving with tho second reinforce- , ments. The board agreed to recommend , that furlough be granted. Walter Price (Mr. Buddie), farmer, ,j Papatoetoe, asked lor exemption on the , I ground of undue hardship, tie said that . i lour brothers hud enlisted, two of whom ' I J had been killed and two were in camp. i .: He had volunteered tor service seven • . ' tunes but had been rejected on each occa- I ,j sioii. lie had also ottered to go to the \ , i front as substitute for one of his brothers. | , i his father had recently died. Since being ; II rejected he had married. The case was , .1 adjourned sine die. I I Joseph MeShano (Mr. Mahoney), con- j , tractor, Pukekohe, classed A, appealed for j ! further extension of time to allow him to . complete a council contract. He bad been , 1 delayed in completing his contracts by bad . weather. The board granted three months' extension. Mrs. J. Fotheringbam, Te Kopuru (Mr. A. V.. Skelton), appealed for the release I I from camp of her son, William Andrews. I Her only other son, she said, had been | . ] killed in action, and she and her two I , I daughters wero almost entirely dependent) i I upon this son. the board, in allowing , i the appeal, stated that it was a pity that' i the application had not been made sooner, | • | so that the State could have been saved j • the oxpense and waste of time in training ' I the reservist. ! i j Hubert Saxon Shaw, of Remucra, said ' ( I he was willing to go into camp, but do- J i sired to get leave later on, if ho was i passed as fit, to arrange business affairs. Two months' leave was granted. Francis W. Brown, farmer, Clcvedon South, sought the retention of his son, George L, Brown, on tho grounds of occupation. He stated that he had one son at the front, and the son appealed for had just reached military age. He had 195 acres of land, milked 25 cows, and kept 400 sheep. Tho only help he had was tho son appealed for and. a younger son of 15 years of age. Tho case was adjourned for report. William V. Ashton (Mr. McConnell), Henderson, of the firm of, Ashton and Co., a married man with two children, asked for exemption. One brother, ho j said, had been killed at the front, another was still fighting, and another bad •been called up. Four families were dependent on the business. A sino die adjournment was granted. Edward J. Moir (Mr. A. E. Skelton), Remuera, who had filed an appeal on domestic grounds, was granted leave until j November 7. Emanuel Baume, importer, i Mount Eden, who had previously boon granted extension, sought further 'exemption. Tho appeal was held over for a month. Francis 0. Temm, Grafton, claimed that ho was tho sole support of his mother, and that he had financial obligations which would make it very inconvenient for him to go to camp immediately. The appeal was adjourned for one month to allow of an application for financial assistance to be made. Leslie Ure was given exemption on the ground ' that he was not of military age. J ——_____ —, i