ARMED FORCES APPEALS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25385, 17 November 1943, Page 5

ARMED FORCES APPEALS

BOARD SITTINGS IN OAMARU The No. XI Armed Forces Appeal Board —Messrs D. C. Cameron, W. R. Clarke, and W. N. Satterthwaite—held sittings in Oamaru on Monday afternoon and yesterday morning. Mr E. R. Winkel (manpower officer) and Mr P. Brown (assistant man-power officer) were present, as well as Messrs R. B. Meek, W. Malcolm, and A. H. Chapman, for the North Otago Primary Production Council. Appeals were dealt with as follows (co-appellants in parentheses):— Public Interest.—Adjourned sine die: T. W. Paterson, master baker (Director of National Service); F. M. Robertson, poultry farmer (Director of National Service); J. R. Hollamby, poultry farmer; J. Gleag, shearer (Director of National Service and Primary Production Council, Kurow); C. L. Kelliher, shearer (Mrs J. Munro and Kurow Primary Production Council); B. J. Kane, shearer (P. Kano); J. C. Gibson, farmer; A. If. Gibson, shearer (Director of National Service and North Otago Primary Production Council); G. O. Omnett. electrician and turner (G. T. Gillies); O. H. Meikle. seaman. Dismissed, not to be called up before January IS, 1944: W. C. Nisbet, baker (F. cieveriey). Public interest and Undue Hardship.— Adjourned sine die: L. H. Cant, teamster (Cant Bros.); J. S. Gibson, farm labourer (W. J. Gibscn and Mrs Gibson. Dismissed, not to be called up before December 31, 1943: R. A. J. Portis, farmer (S. A. L. Portis); K. W. Gibson, farmer (W. Gibscn). Release from Camp.—S. G. Low, gardener (G. Lowe), dismissed; A. F. Chisholm, poultry farmer (R. Kennedy), dismissed; G. A. White, shepherd (W. F. Cameron), recommended indefinite release; G. F. Russel], farm labourer (North Otago Primary Production Council), recommended extension of leave to December 31, 1943; K. A. O. Matches, university student (Hjorring, Tait. and Farrell), adjourned to April 30, 1944; D. McG. Herron, manager and general mechanic (Oamaru Wrecking Company), recommended release; E. Black. con 7 tractor, recommended release for 14 days; F. A. Pringle, farm hand (G. O. Pringle), recommended release to March 31, 1944.