LEAVE AND EXEMPTION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16936, 23 August 1918, Page 6

LEAVE AND EXEMPTION

APPEALS IN AUCKLAND.

RETURN /OF/ SOLDIERS DESIRED. This ' first '■.''.' Auckland ; . Military •; Service Board continued the bearing of appeals in Auckland yesterday,.; ,

''■V Mrs. Wark 'made application/ for the return of her son, Trooper John Wark, a Main .Body soldier with four years', service to his credit. Another son was also

serving, while a third had , been , discharged" from ' camp -as unfit. ■ The board agreed to recommend the soldier's return and leave for four months.' Mrs. Holmes applied for the return of. Private Arthur R I Holmes, "■ a-. volunteer., He had, .been in hospital sAtimes, and was still suffering maladieswicurred as a result of th« Messines battle. The board decided to recommend his return to New Zealand if declared ;'unfit'.', for active service. An application for the return of Private Erio S. Warhaft was made by his mother. Mrs. ,; Warhaft stated that her son \ had been ') wounded over 12 '■ months ago, i and had been in hospital several times. His father was now very ill, and it was urgently desired that the son should be allowed to return. The board decided to recommend his return, provided he was declared unfit for active service.' -

'■■-. Tramway Shift Engineer. The Auckland Electric Tramways.Company, represented by 'J. J. ' Walklate, general :■ manager, appealed on behalf of James . Stanley Miller, j shift ; engineer at the power station.: *. He was stated ,to be a. ' mechanical engineer with first-class marine certificate, this being required for the work, - ; F. E. de Guerrier. chief engineer, said there was 7a Mortage of Jualified men, and it would be' very ifflcult .to obtain one without robbing some other firm. Leave until January 10 was granted,- in order that the company might make every effort*to replace appellant.-'' ■ ", " . > The director of the Technical College, George' George, i applied ! for extension of leave for • Joseph W. Hadfield, agricultural instructor. Witness stated that Hadfiejd had been classed CI a medical re-examination was pending. -He was training abort sixty boys in a highlyimportant subject, and in their interests he should be allowed to remain until the present course was finished. Leave was granted i until the end ' of ' the year. The case Francis J. Priest, Otaua, previously adjourned on 'account of the health of appellant's father, was reviewed. Since | the | last shearing, the father had undergone an operation, which had left him j unfit to do any work on the farm. He was about to take a health' trip to Australia, and : appellant desired leave until; his return. Exemption until February wa* granted. ■ ;• -•', ; Plea o! Public Interest. -Roy C. Glass : (Mr. A. E. Skelton), Mercer, appealed on the ground of publio interest"; and occupation. -He- was a butcher, and his removal would result in hardship to the whole district. The case was adjourned to September 23, in order that an Efficiency Board report might be obtained. ;,The appeal of William J. Farr (Mr. ; Hall , Skelton), Mount ;Eoskill,Twas allowed. , Appellant stated that he was the sole surviving son of his parents, his only . brother 5 having been killed in action at the Somme.. The case of; Gordon E. Gillman, Te Kuiti,;'farm manager, was adjourned for three months, in order that a_ further effort might be made to,replace him. Frederick James Harrison, Devonport, a member of ; the Brethren, appealed on religious grounds.. The board agreed to recommend non-combatant work, but otherwise dismissed the appeal Albert Walter G. Perry ; ; milk ;' vendor, Helensville, I was granted.; leave until '<• November 7, in order to' dispose of his business. ;.£ James W. Gillard, Ponsonby,.-'.: a CI reservist, aged 41,; stated that he was an able seaman, on a coastal vessel. He was supporting a crippled ?;. son $ and ~}■ invalid brother. The appeal was i adjourned ; sine die, on the ground of occupation. :| Samuel W. .House, a Cl reservist, 44 years of age, orchardist, of Mangere, was exempted tine die. Appellant stated that his orchard (? . 15 acres \ was iin full | bearing. .'' He also hud a young apple orchard. Last year he produced 7000 cases of fruit and 30 tons of tomatoes.'• ' -■

AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.

GISBORNE APPEAL CASE.

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'/: , GISBORNE, Thursday. > • Among | the appellant* • before ! the'- Military Service Board 1 to-day was Joseph V. McDonald,' stock-dealer;' of OSisborne (Mr.' Willock), who claimed to be: an American citizen/-;. In a letter, to tie board appellant said his" papers were destroyed in the conflagration following the earthquake {in San ; Francisco. : ;/;:.;..--.;;,; -..:. ;:.'•

Cross-examined by Captain Beale, military representative, McDonald said he was born in San Francisco, and had lived there 22 J years. His father and , mother „ were Americans. ;He had taken out no naturalisation; papers.'',;'; ■:.)-■'•.:';;>-""/! M,'; ;'■ ? v.-..

, Captain Beale: You own property here? ; Appellant: I have leased it. -.-..-■'" Aro you prepared to enlist with New Zealanders:■ and' be transferred to J tho Americans in France?—No; certainly not. '/ Then yon are" attempting to evade service?—Not'at all. v ■.•'";.-;i--'-.:-:>."f:,«:;-.v-.v^

Do you vote?— ', Have you ever voted , here No. vUVYou have. interests in this country. Do you. not think it is your duty to assist in' defending the country You are a married man?— Yes, with two children., ft Surely you are prepared to go to the front and fight for them?— ia a different matter., Is it not your doty to fight for the country which contains '. your \ interests I hold allegiance to one country. i The (chairman said ': that - as appellant was ; a married man with two ' children he should be prepared to i protect . their finterests. ' > America/.' he added, "is as deep into the war as we'are ourselves." V Mr. ; Willock, -; to t; appellant: , You are quite prepared to go if called up by the American ' authorities? ''1 '-'■■■- / , .'.'■:-:;. ..'

Appellant: Yes. ; My papers are all in order, ■ and; I await further Advice. 1 Is;your wife -a New' ZealanderT—Yes, and my children were i born in New Zealand.'

The chairman eaid there wag gome arrangement i with regard to 'conscription of resorvists in ; America and in. Britiah possessions.'- Some order was signed recently in.Washington, '' but as yet he waa not aware of its contenta. " The case was Adjourned sine die/": .'•'."*■'";'•'-; •