APPEAL BOARD AT QUEENSTOWN

Southland Times, Issue 24601, 25 November 1941, Page 3

APPEAL BOARD AT QUEENSTOWN

RUNHOLDERS’ CASES

A sitting of the Armed Forces Appeal Board was held at Queenstown when appeals against overseas service were heard. The board comprised Messrs J. R. Bartholomew SM. (chairman), J. Price and H. Hodgson. Mr A. N. Haggitt appeared for the Crown J Miller, farmer, Gibbston, appealed on behalf of his son, Alexander H. Miller on the grounds of undue hardship. The appeal was amended to public interest, and was adjourned sine die, the reservist to go into territorial camp during May, June and July. D R Rowe, Coronet Peak Station, appealed on behalf of William Glendenning Grieve on the grounds of undue hardship and public interest. The appellant stated that Grieve was a partner in the firm and an experienced high countryman. The appeal was adjourned sine die and no order was made for territorial service. William R. Hume, representing the Estate of J. R- A. Hume, appealed on behalf of Charles David Hume on the grounds of undue hardship and public interest. There were three brothers fully occupied in mustering, shearing, cropping and harvesting, it was stated. The appeal was dismissed, the reservist not to be called before January 21. William M. Elliott, runholder, Greenstone Station, appealed on behalf of James Oswald Evian Summers on the grounds of undue hardship and public interest. Mrs E. A. Summers also appealed on similar grounds. The appellant stated that the reservist was a high country shepherd and had taken the place of another man who had been called up. He could not work his run without the reservist. The appeal was adjourned sine die and the mother’s appeal dismissed. A. W. Scott, runholder, Glenorchy, appealed on behalf of his son, Donald Graham Scott, on the grounds of public interest .and undue hardship. He said he had three sons, one of whom had been accepted for the Air Force; the other could not do hill work. He could not carry on his station without the aid of his son. The appeal was adjourned sine die, the reservist to be called up for territorial training during February, March and April. The Primary Production Council appealed on behalf of William James Little, runholder, of Cardrona, on the grounds of undue hardship and public interest. The reservist managed the run on behalf of two sisters and a brother. He had no permanent assistance. The application was adjourned sine die.

L. J. Lynch appealed on behalf of his son, Lawrence Gerald Lynch, .on the grounds of undue hardship. The appeal was dismissed, the reservist not to be called up before March 31, 1942. Kenneth Arthur Smith, runholder, Cardrona, appealed on the grounds of undue hardship and public interest. He said he had managed the run for 12 years and the neighbours had to assist one another because of the shortage of labour. The appeal was adjourned sine die conditional on the reservist being transferred to the territorial service.