APPEALS LODGED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23780, 7 October 1940, Page 9

APPEALS LODGED

COMPULSORY SERVICE OVER 150 RECEIVED MANY ON HARDSHIP GROUNDS A steady stream of appeals against being called up by the ballot for service with the Territorial Forces is being received by the Auckland Manpower Committee. lien the committee s offices closed on Saturday the number had reached slightly more than 150, many of which were lodged on the ground of hardship. Under the National Service Emergency Regulations such appeals need not be made bv the reservist himself, but may be instituted by any person, including employers, on the ground that, the calling up of the reservist will be a cause of undue hardship to that person, or that by reason of tlie occupation of the reservist his calling up is contrary to the public interest. It may therefore he expected that when employers have had an opportunity of considering the effects of the first ballot upon the staffing of their businesses the number of appeals on this ground will be substantially increased. So far the greatest number of appeals on occupational grounds seems to have been received from farmers. Other appeals have been lodged by students wishing exemption until after the approaching university examinations.

No (Into lias yet boon fixed for the first hearing of the appeals. All the appellants art' receiving an acknowledgment of their appeals and later they will be advised individually when to attend a sitting of the Manpower Committee. If necessary, the employers affected or any other interested person will also he advised when the particular hearing will be held. Reservists have until Saturday to lodge appeals and it is probable that hearing dates will not be fixed until the appeals have been sorted. Attention will then be paid to the interests of emplovers and if several employees of one firm have lodged appeals they will probably bo grouped together for the one hearing. Other appeals on similar grounds nun- also be grouped. It is intended to study the convenience of appellants and employers so far a* is possible, and from the arrangements being made it "is clear that no delays will be caused.

MEDIOAL TESTS FIRST .BATCHES TO-DAY The first medical examinations of men whose names were drawn in the recent ballot will be held at thedrill hal m Rutland Street to-day. It is planned to examine 200 men every day, so that it will take about ten days to examine the 2000 men gazetted as being the Auckland area quota. However, this time mav bo slightly affected by the fact that', since reservists completed the information from which the balloted names wore arranged, there have been a number of transfers to the area from other areas, and some from the Auckland area to other parts of the country.