CALLED UP

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9692, 21 June 1917, Page 10

CALLED UP

SIXTY-OME CASES HEARD APPEALS OF .TYPOLOGICAL STU i DENTS DI^.MJSSSED. Upwards of sixty nnnoals wove <!o\v:i for hewing yosienlay by the Firs’W clliugtoxi M: k Iry Fcrvice Board — Messrs D. ('.'A, Cooper, S.M. (chairman), D. AKLe.ivn, and AY. PerryCiiptaiii AVaiker appeared as military representative. v “THE SLUE OF SECTION S.V’ Mr Alurtiii Luekie arme-aved in suppoi t of the appeal of U iiliuni Thomas York, farmer, Vi arkaiiae, v. iio we.s railed up on November J-ji ti liiidcr section 3d—tlie “Family Shirkers’ Section’ —ai the Military St J'viec Act. Air Luckiu said that tile apiicllaut was oac <d three brothers—one of whom had .enlisted, and the .second of whom laid been drawn in the ballot, but had been rejected on account of heart disease, fork was quite willing to lake his chance in the bailot. but thought it a great hardship that- lie should have the shiv ol section o-5 forced upon him. The cnairniaii “We hare nothing to do with that. V. e cannot take that, into accouirt.” Captain Walker: ‘'What was tlie position when ho was called up under section 3d? Had his brothers enlisted thou air Lutfkie; “No, not tlien.” Appellant stated that, lie had a grazing farm at bVaikanao. JJis aj.ipoal had been adjourned once to enable him to get a manager, but lie had been unable io get a .Millaht? man. Hr look over the farm in November, HUo, and had made a loss iavo voar, owing to the nine • months' drought. Hr .Luekie again protested against the slur of section dj thrust upon the nppeJia ut. 1 here was an impression abroad that the section cast a slur, on a man. Mr .McLaren: “That is nonsense. You mustn’t go by what the politicians say.” Mr Luckie; “I judge by the, newspaper reports of the proceedings before your own board. Perhaps those papers arc just as unreliable.” Eventually the board agreed to ad.ouru tho.caso for. a month to wire the appellant a further opportunity to secure a manager or dispose of the property. NICULTUEAL DEPARTMENT APPEAL. Tlie Agricultural Department appealed respect of Ar.hur Elliott Ramsay, assistant moat inspector, W’aiapoa. Mr F. S. Pope .stated that the department was only, appealing on account of experts who required a number of years’ training, and could not be replaced. Under tho imperial meat supply scheme, the men i inspectors also had to supervise the grading of the meat, and besides that a number of new meat works had been opened in the. past two or three years. They had taken on no fewer than 43 temporary assistants fall returned soldiers) since the war began, but they required considerable training la-tore they could be left in charge of .works. Out of 91 moat inspectors, only lour or live .First Division .men were left. Decision was reserved, subject.to review before the Second Division's called up. SEAMEN’S APPEALS. Mr W. T. Young (secretary to the Federated Seamen’s Union) appealed in respect of 22 able seamen, 2d firemen. two greasers, and two donlicymen. Mr Youpg said that he had been misunderstood at previous bearings, as having stated that ho was only prepared to prove twelve months’- service. That was not so. He was prepared to prove all the service a man had. ‘The point was that his impression had been that the twelve months minimum of sca-scrvico the board insisted upon counted (rack from tho date that a man was railed up in the ballot: hut the chairman and Cap fain Vi’alkcr had corrected that impression by stating that it counted from the passing of tire -Military Service Act. That was, therefere, the basis he was now going on. Mr Young asked for flu; reopening of able case of P. F. Macnnrnara (now present), dismissed at a previous hearing, Mucnauxara deposed 'That lie still suffered from the eliocts of a serious operation,' auci that on that account ho had been compelled to a snore for three or four mouths. The appeal was adjourned indefinitely. ; All the cases were adjourned, with the exception of tho appeals of Alfred Holmes, Ooqrge Banks, Thomas Henry Wilson Arthur Nixon, and John Jntfray (fireman, YUllingtou), wlxo.se appeals were dismissed, with heave till July 24th. THEOLOGICAL STUDENTSAir 11. F. O’Leary appeared in support of the appeals cl throe Homan Catholic theological student*. —P. r . McCarthy, .J. A. Higgins, and .1. V. Spillanc—which Lad toon adjourned so that tho board might have evidence as to whether or not too appellants had taken religious vows. Archbishop O’Sima stated that the three students were all at the Greenmeadows Theological College, and wore in the last four yea re of their training;. There were 29 students in ail at the college, including live from Australia. There were four other theological students at Mosgiel, and on these two colleges New Zealand depended almost entirely fur its supply of priests. The three student's in question had taken their temporary, but not. their final vows., Tixo temporary rows coma be revoked on their goUing'the necessary dispensation. They had taken too sow of e's ■ km, not the additional priestly row.-; of poverty anti ch.-.Milv. Two of the New Zealand priesthood were new serving as chaplains in the training canijas, two in the hospital ships, ard 12 on the troopships or at the f«nt The braird dismissed the appeals.,' with leave til! July 24th. SUN DP, Y APPEALS. -J allies J :'. 11 - Ora tlx wila-lrew his appeal, which ' v as accordingly ferm.'.ey disir.i-fjcd. . Tine Financial Act:-I‘nse Heard reported favourably on two apel:;;,item cl iVilh.-m Chari, s O-car John-on (warehouseman, Ivaron). and the beard according!'.' disn ir-ocl ,■ ii■■ appeal. Tho board reserved its decision in tho ': . - of Clarence writ- Kec (represent.",; in- Mr j!. E. firarr;, a New Zealand- I 'wn Chirirma;:, win) rnpr-arerl on tile ground of his naiaimiLiV, a,nd also on tm- groan-i of undue Ve-d-Mp. he being tiic mam .mpponi of his aged parents. Mar')!:! Heck end Owen Manky Huivc.y (palmers in a U clligto,. icce-

eu-v Xu-:i;. j!i■ ’J lioll; drawn in tno Jj iLni.i ivc. e each allowed a two months’ ti lupj-r-ty a;;c-;r-x)t.lon v> enable them to arr".;:a ' taair aiTaiV.s. ilr 11. I'. O’Leary a.:p .art-J their behalf. i-orxisioxs. T’;p cha iiT.ian stated that in tha following ;■ ■: oil wider, tbe board bad j-C'crvi'd tu.n-ian. it had been decided' to dismiss ti.e appeals,_ rccotarucrrdlng leave each ta-e ti d -Xul” •i'.ti::—Einc-t Wilber! i-Iw-h and Richard ViV-ir Battcrrhv (V.ciluiEtoii). Victor K'-iurc fuur.i.Xiv. ’(Vuv.- Rlvmotilh). .1. . -Tm •.••,« i.llf.vern'. TTetiry Jasnc* (Siia -’-ju "i and .Heinrich Frans Vo--v:lr.r livt’-a’e). Via' board adjon; ra.d til! 10 o'clock Udo aaa :unv. “