CALLED TO CAMP

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10086, 27 September 1918, Page 6

CALLED TO CAMP

23 MILITARY APPEALS HEAED BY FIRST WELLINGTON BOARD. Twenty-three cases wore dealt with yesterday by the First Wellington Military Service Board —Messrs D. G. A. Cooper, S.M. (chairman), D. McLaren and Guv Williams. Tho appeal of Arthur Eawdon Blnndford (actor in “The Thirteenth Chair” Company) was allowed, the appellant being domiciled in Australia, and therefore not a member of tho New Zealand Expeditionary Force Reserve. The.wife of Perchal Thomson, linotypist, Wellington, asked for an extension of time for her husband till tho end of tho year on aoount of serious illness in the family. The reservist was called up in tho ballot and was duo to go into camp on October 9th. Tho appeal was dismissed, with ■■ leave till tho January draft.

The adiourued case of Peter Scott Wishart. waterside worker, was adjourned indofnmeiy, evidence being given that he was a first-class all-round worker and particularly useful wnen any' boating, as' frequently happened, had to be done. In the case of Thomas James Harvey, clerk, Wellington, heard by the board on September TJth. the chairman announced that leave had been recommended till the January draft.

James Scott Connell., postmaster, Hataitai, appeared on the grounds of undue family hardship. Indefinite exemption was granted. The appeal of Clifford George Jackson, traveller. Wellington, for exemption .on the ground of undue family hardship, was adiourned till next sittings for tho production of doctors’ certificates.

Leave till tho November draft was granted George Waldeniar Eib'y, clerk, Wellington, who appealed on family grounds. Messrs Briscoe and Co. appealed for the temporary exemption of Frank Healey, tiler. Newtown, to enable them to finish contracts in hand. The reservist, it was stated, had been in camp about six months. Tho firm hao a hospital to complete in Wellington, and one each in Napier, Blenheim,.and Masterton. and there was about ten days’ work still to do on the roof of tho new Parliamentary Buildings.- Another tiler had been called up for tho November draft, and they would be reduced to only one competent tiler. They could not get men to replace the men called up. In 1914 they bad ten tilers and five tilers’ labourers.. Today they only had three tilers anu three tilers’ labourers. Leave till January - was reconTmondcd. An extension of time for business and family reasons was appealed for by William James Wilcox, bootmaker, Hataitai, represented bv Mr Luke. The case was adjourned till the December sitting. • Benjamin Oswald Simmonds, carpenter, Welling on. asked for leave till January to enable him to complete contracts. Leave till the November draft was granted. . , Frederick V. Ward, waterside worker, Wellington, was transferred to Class C of the Second Division. Arthur M. Griggs, previously a waterside worker, but now a gunner on the Janie Seddon.' stated that he wished to'stay on the vessel. " His-appeal of which had been adjourned was dismissed. “That makes you a soldier.” _ said the chairman, ‘so you Belsey, stage hand. Wellington, appealed op the ground of undue family hardship. The case was adjourned till next sittings for the production of a Actor’s certificate Undue business hardship was the ground of the appeal lodged by Sidney William Kelly, managing partner A tho firm of Samuel and Kelly, , c ° t manufacturers. Appellant stated tha they had a. staff of fifty, and in addition to civil work, had a small Government contract. If he went, the business probably would have to be closed down. Tho case was dismissed, with leave till January. Charles Russell Lankshear, bookbinder, Farori, appealed on tho ground of undue family hardship, for an extension of leave from March sth until the end of May. Leave till tho April draft was granted. 1 Norman Johns, factory manager and part owner of the Dominion Dairy Produce Company, appealed for'exemption on the ground of undue business hardship. The appellant said that "tho firm, employed seven hands, and had exported 75 tons of butter last year. They bought up home-separator butter from country storekeepers, and “milled” it to fit it for export. The chairman: I can’t understand how you got enough butter in that way to export 75 tons in a- season. Appellant: Some 3000 tons of such butter were exported last year. We get it largely from Nelson, Motueka, and that district. Tho appeal vyas dismissed. The Wellington Woollen, Company appealed for temporary exemption for Thomas Michael Pender, tailor! s cutter in their clothing factory. Mr A. WBlair, who appeared for the company, stated that tho board had recommended six months ago that an employee of tho company named Perry, now at the front, should be allowed to return to tho Dominion, but he had not yet returned. In the meantime, Pender was doing part of Perry’s work, and was in charge' of a department employing 80 out of tho 280 hands in tho factory. It was stated in evidence that before the war tho company had four cutters in that department, and now they had only t\Vo. Tho other* two were at the front. If Pender were taken, they would not ho a bio to keep all the work going. The department produced cheap, ff broad-and-outter lines of clothing- Ino case was fidjournod till tho January sittings of tho board. The appeal of Victor John Farrell, Brooklyn, for an extension of time was adjourned till January next. Tho case of Charles Flattery Donohoo, barman, Wellington, adjourned from August 12th, was adjourned indefinitely. Harold S. Donoghuo, cabinetmaker, Lyall Bay, apealod for exemption on tho ground of undue hardship. Tho case was adjourned till tho next sittings of tha board. A number of cases were withdrawn, and others in which there was no appea’ranee were dismissed. This closed the Wellington sittings of tho board