DESIRE TO SERVE

New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24132, 26 November 1941, Page 6

DESIRE TO SERVE

OBJECTION TO AN APPEAL "I want to go overseas," said Harold Edgar Simpson, bench foreman in a footwear factory, when protesting against an appeal being lodged on his behalf, at a sitting of the No. 1 Armed Forces Appeal Board yesterday. Simpson's employer, C. M. Taylor, sought to retain his services on the grounds of public interest and undue hardship. "I can train a man to take my place in two hours," said Simpson, who explained that he was referring to men who already had shoe trade experience. Such a man was working with him in Taylor's factory. The chairman, Mr. C. R. Orr Walker, S.M., said that, while appreciating reservist's wishes, it was the board's duty to keep the wheels of industry going. The employer said the man referred to was 70 year's of ago. The appeal was dismissed subject to reservist not being called for service before February 1. Reservist: What happens if I change my job, sir? The Chairman: I am not going to say. He added later that "generally the man who wants to stay sticks to his job."