CAMPS OR FARMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23817, 19 November 1940, Page 6

CAMPS OR FARMS

PRODUCTION ASPECT' • ~ SERVICE IN TERRITORIALS":' .* PAPAKURA BALLOT APPEALS - ' . ;• •'vl;r/ The desire of the Auckland. Area - Manpower Committee to avoid taking any action which would result in reducing dairy production was stressed by the deputy-chairman, Mr. L. J--' Kendall, during the hearing of country appeals for postponement of territorial service, at a sitting a-i Papakura yesterday. A total of 22 appeals was; heard, all affecting first ballot reservists engaged in farming. Public interest was the main ground of appeal in most case:;, the appellants seeking postponement of service until the less busy winter season. Appellant reservists or their employers expressed keenness for military service, and several offered to make considerable' sacrifices if the committee could not agree to adopt proposals for training which they put forward. One man said that, if necessary, he was prepared to dispose of his cows and go in for grazing. : M Numerous appellants emphasised the difficulty of getting suitable farm. labour to act as substitutes during * reservists' training periods. Most promised to mako every effort to get men to act for them while they were in camp in order that production should not be affected. The majority of the appeals were dismissed on condition that the reservist was not called for service before a specific date, in most cases April 1; Very few adjournments, sine die were sought or allowed. THE NORTHERN AREA 850 CLAIMS ALREADY LODGED [by telegraph—own correspondent] WHANG ARREI, MondayWith about 150 appeals received at v the Whangarei office of the Northland Manpower Committee to-day the total so far concerns 850 men called for territorial service in the second ballot. In the first ballot 870 men appealed. Many more appeals posted from other centres in have ye;; to come to hand.

POSSIBLE ; READJUSTMENTS REPLACING SINGLE MEN [BT TELEGRAPH —owy CORRESPOND EXT] NEW PLYMOUTH, Monday "With more territorial and overseas ballots probably coming off, farmers will have to realise that the general public Tvill not in future tolerate single able-bodied men staving behind,' even though tliey are working on farms." This statement was raade by Mr. L. D. Hickford, a member of the North Taranaki provincial executive of the Farmers' Union, at a meeting of .the executive at New Plymouth. Mr. Hickford is chairman of the New Plymouth Manpower Committee. "More married couples will have to be employed and should the necessity for married men being used for service = arise, girls could fake"tlieir place;' , 4Tr£j Hickford added. "There are plenty of girls capable of doing this work." Mr. Hickford explained the manner' in which appeals against service wero treated.