MILITARY SERVICE

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4563, 22 April 1942, Page 5

MILITARY SERVICE

MANPOWER COMMITTEE SITS MANY APPEALS HEARD NUMBER OF REVIEW CASES A sitting of the District Manpower Committee, Messrs S. C. B. Macky (chairman), R. P. Smith and A. Hayward, was held in Te Awamutu on Tuesday. Over 40 cases were dealt with, many being reviews of appeals heard at earlier dates. . APPEAL WITHDRAWN S! Mrs C. Holden, Hairini, appealed for Trevor Aubrey Smith, the only employee on a farm of 180 acres carrying 90 dairy cows and 300 ewes. A sine die adjournment was granted, the reservist to remain in the Home ' Guard. The appeal of J. Ellis, Mangapiko, for Norman Charles Adams, dairy farm hand, was adjourned till the next sitting. Another son is liable to be drawn in the next ballot, and the committee favoured taking the appeals together. In withdrawing an appeal, Richard Galpin stated that he had arranged for a brother to take ovex' the management of his property. The reservist will not be called before the Ist June. REQUEST FOR DECREE In the review of the appeal of J. E. Duncan for John Penman Duncan, Wharepuhunga, the appellant stated that his son had no objection to serving and both favoured a decree from the Committee that the reservist should do three months’ Territorial training during the slack months. The appellant would then be alone on the farm, but was prepared to manage somehow. The appeal was adjourned sine die., | A sine die adjournment with a ruling that the reservist should transfer from the E.P.S. to the Home Guard was allowed in the appeal of Thomas Arthur George Harriman, dairy farmer, Panetapu. SHAREMILKER’S CASE An appeal for Ronald Chisholm was lodged by E. W. Prince (MxPreston), Te Kawa. Reservist was sharemilking on half shares with his own herd of 60 cows. The case was adjourned sine die, reservist to join the Home Guard. S. A. Empson (Mr Preston) appealed fox- Charles Howard Empson. Appellant’s farm comprised 230 acres and carried 100 dairy cows, 300 ewes,

besides sundry other stock. A sine die adjournment was allowed, reservist to remain in the Home Guard.

F. E. Garrett, Hairini, appealed fox’ his son Frank Mervyn Garrett, who with a boy of 16 helped the appellant farm 100 acres. One son was already overseas. Adjourned sine die, reservist to continue in the Home Guard. D. A. Green, sharemilker, Puahue, appealed for his son Maurice George. The appellant with his son and another' son aged 16 milked 250 cows. The sharemilking contract was on a year-to-year basis. The Committee decided that'if the contract was renewed next season a sine die adjournment would be granted; if the contract was allowed to expire the case would be brought up fox' review in June. Meanwhile reservist was to join the Home Guard. Alfred John Clifford Headford, farm hand, Ngahinepouri, withdrew an appeal, having made the necessary arrangements to go to camp. No call will be made before Ist May. Henry Valentine Collison, appealed for by H. V. Collison, sen., Hairini, was the only son assisting on the farm. He was a member of the Honxe Guard.—Adjourned sine die. APPEAL BY CARRIER Supporting an appeal, Lyall Hubert Buckett, carrier, Frontier Road, said that besides carting manure he was a wood and coal merchant. Neither milk nor cream was carted. In view of the reservist being a member of the Lines of Communication Service, a sine die adjournment was granted. The appeal of L. B. Owen-Nicholson for Nolan Burnard Owen-Nicholson, farm hand, Tiki Farm, was withdrawn, exemption being granted till June. ORDER TO JOIN HOME GUARD David Johnston (Mr Preston), dairy former, Te Rore, appealed on the grounds of public interest and undue hardship. Replying to the reservist’s statement that pressure of work prevented him from attending Home Guard parades, Mr Smith said that everyone must make some sacrifice, and a certain amount of maintenance and development work would have to remain undone. Accordingly, the reservist was instructed to become a member of the Home Guard, the appeal being adjourned sine die. An appeal by M. A. Berry, Pokuru, in respect of Alien Gravenor Ingham was dismissed, the reservist not to be called before Ist June. "NOT VERY GOOD SPIRIT” Supporting his own appeal, James Cornelius Veen, dairy farmer, Te Rore, said that his farm of 94 acres carried 65 cows. A brother was farming a property about two miles away. Asked if he had joined the Home Guard, the reservist replied in the negative. Mi' Smith: “You haven’t bothered?” Reservist: “No.” Mr Smith: “That does not show a very good spirit, Mr Veen.” The appeal was adjourned sine die, appellant to join the Home Guard. WIFE TO CARRY ON In the case of James Fouldes Thornton, the reservist asked permission to enter- camp, saying that his wife could milk the herd of 40 cows during his absence fox' three months. The reservist’s wife confirmed the statement, and permission was granted the reservist to enter camp on Ist May. OVERSEAS VOLUNTEERS In the case of Robert Chisholm Calder, employed by P. Calder, Te Mawhai, a sine die adjournment was granted. The reservist, who was an overseas volunteer, was a membex' of the Home Guard. Andrew Josephson Thomson, Paterangi, an overseas volunteer, was instructed to join the Home Guard, a sine die adjournment being given. Albert Frederick Parlett (Mr Pres-

ton), an overseas volunteer, stated that his employer, D. Wallace, Frontier Road, was at present in camp. With his wife the reservist was milking 80 cows. He had not joined the Home Guard, having found it impossible to attend parades. The case was adjourned sine die, the reservist to join the Home Guard if possible. An order was not made.

William Preston Knight, an overseas volunteer, had been released by R. F. Harris, Pokuru, who had been able to secure sharemilkers. The reservist would be called some time after Ist June. An appeal by F. D. McGovern irt respect of Francis John McGovern, Te Awamutu, was adjourned sine die. The appellant’s health was not good, and the only other assistant on the farm was a Maori youth. The reservist was a member' of the Auxiliary Fire Brigade. RESERVIST IN CAMP In the case of Keith Lindsay Macky it was explained that the reservist was in camp, while another brother was with his father on a 321-acre farm at Paterangi. For the present the Committee decided to allow the reservist to remain in camp. Seeking a postponement of service until 31st May, Charles Allan Redgate, farmer and mail contractor, Te Awamutu, said that he was endeavouring to make some arrangenxerit to enable him to entei' camp.—Adjourned sine die, reservist to notify the secretary in the event of another' man being secured. An order to join the Home Guard was also made. The Te Awamutu Co-operative Dairy Company Ltd. appealed for Francis John Rothwell, carrier and cream contractor.—Adjourned sine die, reservist to join the Home Guard. PLASTERER’S APPEAL James Dean, fibrous plasterer, Te Awamutu (Mx- Hill), appealed for a postponement of service. The reservist had enlisted in the Air- Force and was planning to close his business. At present he had contracts for about three months’ work.—The appeal was dismissed, an assurance being given that the reservist would not be called before 18th June. A sine die adjournment was allowed in the appeal of the Te Awamutu Fire Board for John Eldred Dalton. An application by Smyth Bros, and Boryer Ltd. fox- the release from camp of Leonard Irving, crosscutter, was granted. W. F. Lees and Co., Kihikihi, appealed for Phillip Arthur Edgar Baker, butcher, and Sidney Albert Whitehead, accountant. The firstnamed reservist had recently been withdrawn from camp. The appellant emphasised the difficulty of getting labour' and the impossibility of carrying on without the services of the reservists. Adjournments of three months were given in both cases. OTHER CASES Sine die adjournments with instructions fox' the reservists to remain nxembers of the Home Guard were given in the following cases: Clarence Charles Bell (Mr S warbrick), dairy farmer, Paterangi; N. A. Williamson for William Anthony Archer, sharemilker, Puniu Road; Director of National Service fox- Willianx Stanley Paul, farm hand, Kaipaki; John James Walton, farmer, Pokuru; Noonan Bros., Hauturu, for Daniel Christopher' Noonan, farm hand; C. S. McLean for James Bolton McLean, farm hand, Te Kawa; H. Heddon, Pukeatua, for George Gardiner- Ranxsay Tervit, farm hand; Stanley John Teddy, farmer, Ohaupo; Harold Teddy, farmer, Ohaupo; R. J. Shaw, Paterangi, for Francis George Shaw, farm hand; William Melvin Greig ((overseas volunteer), farmer, Ohaupo; H. N. Dudley (Mr Preston), for Harold Raymond Cossill, Mangapiko; D. D. Vickerman fox' Robert Allman Campbell, farm manager, Hauturu; G. Lorimer, Te Rore, for Thomas Mawson Lorimer.