MILITARY SERVICE

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 65, Issue 5492, 1 July 1942, Page 5

MILITARY SERVICE

MANY APPEALS HEARD MOSTLY FARMING CASES . RELEASES FROM CAMP SOUGHT ! A sitting of the Armed Forces Ap- | peal Board, Messrs S. C. B. Macky, A. I Hayward and R. P. Smith, was held. |in Te Awamutu yesterday. Over 80 i appeals were heard, the majority be- ' ing in respect of farmers or their I hands either against entry into camp ' or for the release of reservists from I camp for various periods. An appeal by Noel Wareham Wilson, milk vendor, was adjourned sine die. The reservist was serving 460 customers in the Te Awamutu district. There was one other vendor and the area had been zoned. An appeal by A. W■ Skinner for James Younie was adjourned sine die. Reservist was the only registered plumber in the appellant’s employ. | An appeal by Smyth Bros, and Boryer Led. in respect of James ' Petrie, bushman, was adjourned sine die. TRANSPORT WORKERS A. R. Mounsey lodged an appeal for| John Gilchrist McClunie, lorry driver, engaged in cream cartage. The case was adjourned for two months pending possible alterations resulting from re-organisation of the transport industry. The appeal of Leonard Edward Moore, carrier and cream contractor (Mr B. Malone) was adjourned sine die. It was pointed out that appellant was at present engaged on defence work. Appealing*for Lionel Lindsay Kidd, bus driver, Lewis Hodgson stated that the passengers carried on his services had greatly increased since the advent of petrol restrictions. In addition to a passenger service he operated a garage. Adjourned sine die, to be reviewed if alterations take place in the service. HOME GUARD TRAINING On being granted a sine die adjournment, Douglas Archie Parlane, farmer, Te Mawhai, enquired whether, with the busy season about to commence, he could be exempt from at-; tending Home Guard day parades. I These parades generally lasted from ; mid-day to 3 p.m. It was becoming | difficult to find time to attend. Some ; farmers were better placed than the reservist, while others were in aI worse position. In pointing out that the matter was , one between, firstly, the trainee and ; the Home Guard commander, and then ' between the commander and the Army. A member of the committee I said that in other places a reserve of I hours of training had been built up j to offset a falling-short of the month- j ly minimum of 24 hours during the busy period for farmers. It was | thought that the matter could easily | be adjusted. NEWSPAPER WORKER | i Couriers (N.Z.) Ltd. brought an ap-, I peal for George Thomson Chalmers, i compositor. j I Supporting the appeal, A. G. WarI burton said that of a pre-war male ! staff of 16, eight were serving with I the Forces and existing hands number!ed seven. Attemps to transfer female workers from the office to the factory I had been frustrated by the rigid rul- | ings of awards. Besides being emI ployed as a journeyman stonehand ■ the reservist operated the press. The I circulation of the paper was about i 1350. i Mr Hayward questioned whether the I paper was altogether necessary. PubI lie body notices, he supposed, were its ! principal contents. i Appellant: Give us credit for a bit | more importance in the life of the ■ community. i Mr Smith thought that the paper ; was a means of contact. It was serv--1 ing the public, and if small publica- ■ tions were cut out, all business would ‘ be thrown upon the “big monopolists.” | 1 Was the Board entitled to do this, he I asked? i Tn answer to a question appellant i said that if the reservist was taken 'he could see no alternative to the i paper going out of print. Reservist | was in the medical section of the ' E.P.S. and had been a member of the : St. John Ambulance since 1930. The case was adjourned to come up again for review in three months. ADJOURNMENT GRANTED In the appeal of J. Jones Ltd., Auckland, for Laurence Eric Mansfield, store manager, an adjournment of three months was allowed to enable a new man to be trained. A represent-1 ative of the appellant firm said that the appeal had been made reluctantly. I A large percentage of business was i done with farmers. Reservist was a | section leader in the local E.P.S. food supply organisation. FAMILY NO GROUND FOR | APPEAL Harold Long, Te Rore, applied for and was granted one month’s leave to complete the sale of his property. An appeal against overseas service on the grounds that he owed a duty to his wife and three children was.disallowed, the Board pointing out that there were many men in the same position and a family constituted no grounds

• for an appeal. An application by J. E. Raine for ! the release from camp of H. Jacobs i was dismissed. Appellant had recently ■ acquired the services of another young ' man, and the Board gave an assurI ance that the retention of his services ' would be provided for. REHEARINGS LATER I D. Horneman, Ohaupo, in support of an appeal for Lawrence Daniel Har- | vey, said that he was farming 250 i acres carrying 70 cows.. The only oth- ' er labour was appellant’s sister. An j adjournment of three months was I granted, an effort to be made meani while to secure other labour. An appeal by C. H. Cole, Te Rahu, in respect of Arthur Charles Cole is to be reviewed in January. E.P.S. APPEALS The Board agreed to recommend the release from camp at a later date of Thomas Mawson Lorimer, an overseas volunteer. His departure for

overseas service would not be allowed. An application for the release from camp of Alexander Ferguson Colquhoun was permitted, the release not to interfere with the reservist’s entry into the Air Force when called. Two E.P.S. appeals in respect of John Leo Ticklepenny and Arnold Frederick Goldie Patterson, . both motor mechanics, were adjourned’until the next sitting. An appeal by the Te Awamutu Electric Power Board for Arthur Brian Taylor, meter reader, was withdrawn, another man having been trained for the work. The Te Awamutu Fire Board brought an appeal for Clarence Edmund Humphrey. Reservist had enlisted in the Armed Forces. A member of the Board contended that the man would be more useful as a ground mechanic in the Air Force than if he were retained at his job.—Decision reserved. Andrew Charles Hudson, farmer, Pukeatua, said that he would Be ready to enter camp upon the completion of a number of crutching contracts. The Board will arrange for his training to be done between August and October. Mrs C. R. Gooding, Pokuru, applied for the release from camp of Charles Harold Raymond Gooding.—ApplicaI tion to be granted providing appellant ; secures a sharemilking contract with a herd of ‘7O or 80 cows. APPLICATIONS REFUSED . An application for the release from camp of Bernard Gadsby, lodged by |A. Gadsby, sharemilker, Frontier Road, was not allowed, an instruction being given for another son awaiting entry into the Air Force to remain on the farm. In refusing an application by O’Regan Bros., Ngahinepouri, in respect of L. D. O’Regan, the Board pointed out he was the only one of three brothers serving, and moreover, the farm comprised unimproved land. ADJOURNED SINE DIE Sine die adjournments were also allowed in the following cases:— James Cumming Sinclair, storekeeper, Te Awamutu; E. W. Prince, for Marton George Prince, farmer, Korakonui; Hall Raine for John Edgar Raine, sharemilker, Orakau; Leonard Arthur Rollitt, farmer, Puahue; C. H. McConkey, for Cyril Desmond Tatton, sharemilker, Korakonui; A. E. Bryant, Orakau, for Samuel Kerry Glazer, farm manager; George Eric Glasson, dairy farmer, Mangapiko; W. A. and J. Gray, Pokuru, for Andrew Gray, farmer; W. J. Mills, Frontier Road, ; for Stanley James Mills, sharemilker; Te Awamutu Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd., for Thomas Henry McDell, 1 cream contractor and Joseph Tolich, dairy farm hand; A. F. Green, Puahue, for Ray Francis McCabe, sharemilker; Charles Francis Barrett, sheep farmer, Oparau; J. C. Cruickshank, Ngahape, for Cecil Gordon Jones, farm hand; D. Moorhead, Te Kawa, for Darcy James Moorhead, farm hand; D. A. Green, Puahue, for Maurice George Green; C. V. Johnson, Mangapiko, for John Fleck; Harry Dean, farmer, Korakonui; W. McGill, Ngahape, for Gordon Henry Collins, farm hand; John Victor Budge Bryant, farmer, Orakau; John Cornelius Bradley, Te Mawhai; L. Oliver, Hairini, for John William Bowden; Te Awamutu Electric Power Board for Desmond Gordon Brunton, electrical linesman; M. H. Tims, Frontier Road, for William James Evans; H. T. Brill for Lincoln Joseph Brill; F. A. Krippner for Thomas Albert Allen, Te Rore: Thomas Ferguson, farmer, Paterangi (Territorial volunteer); Kenneth Jones, farmer, Pokuru; Linton William Wellington, Frontier Road; Newton Bros., Oparau (also wife on grounds of undue hardship) for Harold John Hughes; F. H. Barnett, Ngahape, for Edward T. Smith; Rana Jogindra Singh, farmer, Te Kawa; Maximilian George Silvester, farmer, Paterangi; A. H. Moyle, Korakonui, for Allen Kenneth Spraggs; Frederick William George Thompson, farmer, Panetapu; J. H. Henderson, Ngahinepouri, for Charles Henry Weedon; William Wallace Watson, farmer, Kaipaki; Robert Hugh Wallace, farmer, Puniu Road; W. White, Pirongia, for Roy James Erasmus White; Errol Thomas Wing, Ngahinepouri; R. A. Thomas for George Rhodes Platt, Ngahinepouri; Lawrence John Newman, Ohaupo; Matthew John Thomson, Kio Kio, and John James Wilson, vulcaniser. RELEASES SECURED In the following cases the Board agreed to recommend the release from camp of reservists: N. A. Jacobsen for Charles Russell Jacobsen; W. J. Halliday for Alexander Halliday, farm hand, Hairini; F. Holmes, Pukeatua, for John James Clarke; Mrs M. S. Crook, Pukeatua, for R. H. Crook; W. G. Parker, Hairini, for Claude Leslie Birch; P. C. Hoban for Richard J. Mansel; P. B. Holmes, Pukeatua, fpr Robert Mervyn Holmes and Cyril Curtis Holmes;- L. R. Kay, Parawera, for A. G. Kay; W. E. Berry, Parawera, for D. Tunaho; E. S. Harding for Neville Powell Harding; Mrs M. S. Scott, Oparau, for Colin Cameron Scott; R. Erskine, Korakonui, for J. Erskine; S. A. Empson, Puniu Road, for James Stanley Howard Empson.