FIRST APPEAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24555, 10 April 1943, Page 6

FIRST APPEAL

NINETEENTH BALLOT BUSY TIME FOR BOARDS The first Auckland appeal in respect of a reservist drawn in the 19th ballot, issued in December calling up men between the ages of 41 and 45, was considered yesterday by the No. 2 (Auckland) Armed Forces Appeal Board. Although the ballot was gazetted over three months ago, both the Auckland appeal boards have been engaged in the interim in considering appeals arising out of the November ballot, when 3682 men from the .Auckland district were called. Of this number, 2431 appealed, and a large number of these cases have still to be heard. The number of appeals from the 5748 drawn in the 19th ballot was approximately 3500. In addition to 18th ballot appeals, the boards are at present busy with applications for release from camp. The case heard yesterday was an isolated appeal lodged bv British Bearing Aids, Limited, for an employee, George Charles Hart, who was stated to have been with the firm for some years and to have a wide technical knowledge of the business. As a member of the bomb disposal squad, ho had the chance of gaining a commission in that unit, which would not, however, be disposed to grant it if he were shortly to be sent to camp. The appeal was adjourned sine die, on the condition that reservist remain with the bomb disposal squad.