MILITARY APPEAL BOARD.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14610, 21 May 1918, Page 2

MILITARY APPEAL BOARD.

•■ ■ ... » '. ...■ „..''/* ""■.'" ■„ 1 '. . The following appea-la, an additioiP t-o . those reported -ofr.ianotner page, w ; erti deaiA with, by the /Board to-day : — y ' Jatn.es Gz^hartt, "Puha.— -iir. N6laui said there were sons j, away on actives service, arid appellant 'was the only 'oucj who could .attend: the email faran And the <»mage building business. The facts concerning 'the properties were sinmlar to the former^' hearing, except that 'Wo o-: the boys had since 'been wounded % fuid were m hospital m England,, — TheVappeal was adjourned till the first sitting oat August. Xhe chairman^ said thoneeu for men was acute, and' 'by the' tifile of concentration one of the wounded sqhsv miglit have returned. ' ** r A Joseph Middlemjssy greaser, freezing works, Qrmond. — Appellant said he i&v* just purchased » house, and he had <^bli-* ; gations to meet: An appeal was fdaa . lodged 7 by Ma- EUiotfc on behalf of vtho employers.— The qase wag def err«dv. to* allojw the military representative to |p6k; up the .Finance; Act vi ..cpiHiectioui with, the payments pu the house. ; y ■ The appeals of . Jam«s- Taylor \^tt, compositprj: tjieborne, '^fid^'Letuiu Jajmes Renner,' clerk, Kaiti^ Gisboiiie, i|eio withdrawhv : '■"' \ . , Sy*Lney P» Sheppard, head salesniuji, Gisbonie. — Application for two moilrti&* extension^ — Air Nolan said- he had-^eSk-ulaine'd th^ reason t^tlve.mvlijttvry reprusentat/ive, who had concurred.-— The peal was aliow-ed.. v ' '■'' I; ':; - ;....'■ j Geoi'ge Pei'cival -Wade, plumber, 1 granted leave t>ill July? 27th to enable him to produce Jjalf -yearly i'eturns bejoru goin^ iiito cani'p,-—^li- poleman, eaidUippellant Jiad been m <iainp oil one occasion, but was reiec^jfoJlo^iiig 01^*111 accideiit while m camip^. 1 " ' '" ' •". ,,, -, Robert McNeil, sKeepf&rariex*, Tolaga liay (appeal by father). -p-Mv Nolani sai^ that for the past three yearn the' aoot had been managing three different properties along the: Coast. V Tfe hvast <$a«Eßed as 01 some monihs ago, but on re-exami^ nation /he was classed a® fit. There were two^sons beside this! one. 'On&yrdsi a oripp^e, witli foivr? : children, :an^.tbe« ' other was also the father of "lour--, children. , Both had properties of their .own. The maiiager of the bank at ToJag'a had put iri a letter to : 'th-b lefteA^ ihafct;the pubject of the appeal did- practically; the business of the farnjs^Td'(^a'ptain,Bfl»le : All the px*operties \yere acquired .before ihe"wa.r. lie had : b^i ittaiittgingltho propevty of. ;his .father for six years.— Decision' was reseryedf.' v ' t *.^, " Reginald; B^-ancis Green, clerk, Gis-bbrriei-^Withdl-awn, on, the. , appllca^ioa of Mr Goleman. ' . . ■„•..« Harry F. Mat»tliew«, daily farm assistant, ' Giabdraie-.-4ALr GoleinaW ,^iaid the evidence liad already 'Deen taken at » previous sitting of the Board. — TJio Cliaii^man anuouncedi ,that decision .liad been reserved.. ;; ', ._' " '•' r ['■ Herman Biilst, sheepfaraiei*, Mataovai. —Air Burnard appeared' and dedsiou was TO^eiTed. ? • \ym. E. t Krebb^ cqachbuilder, GislK>rne. — Mr Coleman said the position was uwal^ercdi since. 4 lastbefoie t the Board. — Fui'ther adjoui-iied^ ' , " '^ ' '''' ., s>yani.v5 >yani.v : C.i)yJiitfield, carr^rj 1 Gisbome.— Sir Coleniaxi said the appellant h^ad^ .practically disposed of ;hi« bu&)i'e&s ,' ftiHl oiily asked; for .tiane to .fa :up' / tb^'financial position.— Leave granted^io.Juh'e 28th. Jolm C. .Harding, seainau'^ Gisborne. — „ The Ciliairaiaii announced' that' Me' [Boawl I had seen appellant's lai^UQrd, Mi# fte hrn\ A agreed, to suspend payments on capitaT whilfe _ aippellant was away, on, .certain. cbnditions.-4Adjouri(iedl ? ' ' ''peiidiihj? reply from Financial" Assistaiii-ce':B6ai*d; " v Albert :WjM, Httth'erall, -gai-denei-/ Maugalieia. — Appellant, who^was m Oielicwpital, apnealed on tho, grounds of ovei> age, with five cbildreih —^Adjourned for proof till nest sitting. . . , t The Board went mta'(jamieff^ ( ]b consider thd matter desired to be heuid by Mrs. Andei-son in 1 respect to the unusual application of having her husband withdrawn from ,the line. After consideration ,the' . , chairttiaii "announced that the Board could no"t see -its way clear to allow ,the appeal, as many other simLlai' appeals , micht come m, and it was a dangerous thmg N tp withdraw men from the firing line. '^ ' l1 ' 1 ? At the 'Military Service ' Board at Napier yesterday, John C. Hardy, a waterside worker, of 'Gisborne; appealed for time to/pay off a mortgage.. ,W. C. Hay gave evidence'that jhe was prepared to do anything that was reasonable to Telease : tho man, who was : pwjhg £650 on the property. He bffei^td take a fresh for the^mount for five years.—^djourried till Financial Assistance Bodrtd considered' case. Howard Vincent lies, station hand, Gisborne, was appealed for by his brother, Darcy-Iles,. a returned soldier holding a section m the Putbrinoißoldier Sisttlement. Tlie mother .also appealed on ■ tlio ''ground that she -had already lost pno son m the war. The case, adjourned for three months;,. ' ''„, '"['?■