SERVICE EXEMPTION
APPEALS FOR WHARF WORKERS SEVENTEEN CATEGORY A MEN (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Dec. 12. Exemption from military service was sought by 17 category A waterside workers at a sitting of the No. 1 Armed Forces Appeal Board to-day. Appearing on behalf of the Waterfront Commission, Mr W. J. Cuthbert, Auckland waterfront controller, asked for an adjournment of the cases to enable evidence to be giVen by the chairman of the commission, Captain R. E. Price. “ In view of the Government’s policy that all men with three years’ overseas service would be returned to New Zealand, it was not the intention of the Waterfront Control Commission to prosecute the appeals on behalf of these men,” said Mr Cuthbert. "On account of a recent statement to the effect that the shipping position in the future warranted the retention of all waterside workers, nowever, I ask for an adjournment until December 20 to allow Captain Price, of Wellington, to give the board the benefit of his knowledge of the, future requirements of the industry.” The board granted the adjournment, and the cases were set down for hearing on December 20.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25717, 13 December 1944, Page 4
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