MILITARY SERVICE BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 June 1917, Page 6

MILITARY SERVICE BOARD.

pfiSCEINGSI .'AT NEW PLYMOUTH.

The Third Wellington-Military Service* 1 •Board (Messrs. W. K. Sefton Moorhouse, chaiiman, A. 0. Considine and 31. J. Maelc) continued its sitting at the New Plymouth Courthouse yesterday. Cu])tain Baldwin (military representative, and Major Cox, officer ,iu charge of the group, were also present, • A CASE TO BE REVIEWED. ■' Albert; Todd, dairy fai-mer, I'raukley road, 'New Plymouth, appealed on the grounds of • undue : Hardship. He subknitted." a letter which Bhowed that he waSjthe support of his mother and family. including a crippled and also an invalid; brother. In reply to a. query by Captain Baldwin, appellant said that lie would prefer to-give his replies in priyate. Captain Baldwin stated that any questions he would ack could be answered before the whole world. > To Captain Baldwin: The persons mentioned in the letter were, the whole of his family, and he had no Krother that could assist. The farm, which comprised 107 acres, was only half stocked at present, and was carrying nine cows. Captain Baldwin stated that it seemed to be a case of accumulation of misfortune, and he suggested that the case might stand overspending a report? from the Efficiency 'Board. The Board resolved to adjourn the ' case sine die. Later on, Captain Baldwin applied to have the ease reviewed, stating that he had information from a reliable source that would probably put a different aspect on the case. He would also like the invalid brother called. The Board agreed, and the case will hereviewed on Monday, , V'\ ■, A' DOCTOR'S- APPEAL. Iri the case' of Dr., Whetter, Inglewood, which had ibeen)»adjourned at the last sitting of the No. 1 Wellington Military Service Board, the Board dismissed the appeal, stating that Dr. Whetter would'be taken on in a medical capacity, Dr. Valentine's report beirig to the effectHhat the other two medical practitioners were able to cope with the work of the district, and that his services .would 'be required in his medical capacity. Leave was granted until June 20. i : , Mr. Bennett stated that Dr. Whetter had received a communication to the, effect .that he would not 'be required until August 1. , ' The chairman stated (that Tfas a matter for the military authorities. TIME-REQUIRED. ' Geo. Walter Outhbert Karalus, dairy farmer, Tariki, appealed for time. Appellant deposed that with his four brothers in partnership he wa3 farming 373 acres on the Salisbury road, Tariki. Two of the brothers were now in France, Another one, drawn in the ballot, hadbeen boarded C2. Appellant was anxious to go to the front but required time to assist his brothers to get the farm in order. TKey wore now milking 80 cows. Captain Baldwin considered this a, reasonable request. The appeal was accordingly dismissed, leave being granted until July 24, 1017. "THAT GREAT BODY OF SHIRKERS." Robert Horace Phillips, farmer, Matau, whose appeal (public interest) had been adjourned from tho previous day for pedicnl examination, and who had" been passed as Classi A, handed in a written statement regarding his liabilities, etc. In cross-examination, witness mas severely taken to task by Captain Baldwin, who informed the Board that appellant had refused to attest. "To appellant: You refused to take the oath? You said that you would not obey orders. Appellant: I said that I would refuse to fight. j Captain Baldwin: You would expect others to fight for you? Appellant: No. " Captain Baldwin: You ask for tinie to enable you to save your property? Appellant: No, for exemption. Captain Baldwin: You put forward as 'a reason that you 'would suffer pecuniary loss if sent to the front, and yet you are not prepared to help others to save their property! Appellant: It is against my principles to light at all. Captain Baldwin: What religious body do you belong"to? ' Appellant: No recognised body. Captain Baldwin: I know that body. The great .body of shirkers, I call it. The chairman: How long have you held the views that it was wrong to fight to protect your property? Appellant: Two or three months. Mr. Considine: It is convenient to have these opinions at war time! To the chairman: All that appeared in the statement was correct. He had one brother, aged 15, and a married sister. To the chairman: His father, who was farming, owned 100 acres at Ngaere, and SCO acres in the back country. He had just disposed of a dairy farm of 260 acres at Tarata. The chairman: That disagrees with your statement that it is difficult to dispose of a farm. Appellant: That was a dairy farm. Mine is a sheep farm. Mr. Considine: It should be easier ti dispose of a Bheep farm than a dairy farm. Appellant stated that he had placed his farm in the hands of Stratford and Wanganui agents at £3 10s per acre, .on any terms. The appeal was dismissed, leave being granted until June 28. A TARATA APPEAL. : Lindsay Roy Yeoman Brightwell, farmer, Tarata, appealed on the grounds of public interest and undue hardship. He stated that he was the only ablebodied man on 1000-acre bush farm, his mother -being a widow and crippled and his brother partly paralysed. 5-lis mother put in a written statement. To Captain Baldwin appellant stated that the statement put in by his mother was true in every respect. Appellant had not made every effort to obtain labor to take his place. His brother, though unable to do much work, could supervise. They had a dairy herd of 30 cows and 500 sheep. If they gave up dairying they could carry 760 sheep. About 700 acres of their farm of 103S acres were in grass. They also carried 100 head of mixed cattle to keep the farm in order. The place could afford to epiploy a man. They ploughed 10%. acres last year, and grew green stuff.* Appellant was married in June, 1915, just after the date'-for the Second Divisian. Thqr could not get later in Van district ttotoiaJßtOAftia: Yen KHh*OMitipa

—practically every able-bodied man will have to go. Appellant: We would have to make extra efforts -to secure labor, 'but it 'was possible it could not be obtained. To Captain Baldwin: It was a good time to seil dairy cattle. To Mr. Considine: They milked by machine and averaged about £ll or £l2 per cow from the factory. The Board decided to adjourn tho case sine die, pointing out to appellant that the Boarfl were placing him in practically the same position aa a second division man. A SECOND DIVISION RESERVIST. James Parish, farmer, Tariki, appealed on the ground that he was a reservist of the Second Division. He forwarded his marriage certificate in support.—Appeal allowed. PLENTY OF LABOR AVAILABLE. .. Robert Trimble, farm manager, Okafn. (Mr. Bennett;, whose case had been held over from Friday, pending medical examination, was examined and classed A, Captain Baldwin stated that he would like to call evidence showing that it was not so difficult to obtain labor. Mr. W. R. Wright, farmer, at Rahotu, and a member of the Egmont County Council, deposed that with Councillor Young, lie had been appointed -by the Egmont County Council to give evidence in cases of appeals. He had advertised a month or six weeks ago for share milkers and had obtaihed 01 applications, inducing 29 from Dunedin. He had arranged with a family, from Pithiatua. Some of the applications were from families s with /as' many as 13 children. As long as an employer was straight, paid a good wage, and had a good reputation, he would find no scarcity of labor. To Mr. Benin" : Witness milked 170 cows in two (V rent herds. On one farm le had two families, viz., two men, their wives and three children. On the other a man and his wife, who employed one assistant. They had been with him a year, but were leaving this year, and it was to replace them that he had advertised. To the chairman: His own two sons] were at the front, having volunteered. Previously they were share-milking for witness. ; He paid out' 1 £ll9O last season to his sliare-milkers, besides free house, free firewood and free milk, and would probably pay £I4OO this year. One sharemilker Received £590 and the other r £6ofl, To Mr. Considine: He paid handmilkers 40 per cent, and machine milker 3 33 1-3 per cent., with half calves and pigs in each case, witness providing twothirds of the meal required. Mr. Considine: I give the same percentage. Mr. Bennett cross-examined witness with the view to finding out how many of the applicants Mr. Wright had interviewed, and ihow many would be suitable for Mr. Trimble's requirements to milk <2 cows. Mr. Wright stated that he could obtain at least three that would suit, mentioning a widow with three sons. Mrj Bennett: But Mr. Trimble has accommodation only for a married couple. He asked permission from the Board to give evidence in rebuttal. Appellant had been endeavoring to obtain labor but without success. He was quite prepared to make further efforts. Mr. Wright mentioned that he had advertised in the Taranaki Daily News and that by 1 p,m. the same day he had been interviewed by a man from Stratford and another from Bell Block. Captain Baldwin instanced another case in which an advertiser had obtained 40 applicants to an advertisement in the Taranaki Daily News. He jilso stated -that advertisements from share-milkers and farm hands were appearing in the Taranaki (Daily News and other Taranaki papers. Mr. Bennett said that he was only appealing for leave until July 24, which he thought was reasonable. Captain Baldwin agreed that this was reasonable in the case of an only son, The appeal was dismissed, leave being granted until July 24. , WITHDRAWN. " ; i : The following appeals were formally withdrawn, appellants having been passed as unfit for service abroad: — Geo. Waddington Drake, cabinet maker, Inglewood (C2). John Barrett, farmer, Pungarehu (02). Alfred James Tunbridge, public accountant and auditor, New Plymouth (C2). Louis Spiro, jeweller, New Plymouth (C2). ' Harold Ivo Silby, cheese factory manager, Hillsborough (D). Frank Lashford Taylor, farmer, Kiore (C2). Edward Augustus Karalus, farmer, Tariki (C2). The appeal of Edward Denton Tate, farm assistant,, Waitara, was struck out, appellant noi appearing. TO-DAY'S APPEALS. The Board then adjourned until 10) a.m. to-day, when the following appeals will 'be heard:Hinz, Albert Benedict, dairy farmer, Kaimiro; Blanchett, Henry James, farmer, post office, New Plymouth; Cash, George Howitt, dairy" farmer, Kaimiro; Brown, Edward, laborer, Blake street, Waitara; Smith, Frederick George, farm hand, Tariki; Darlow, iSamuel Robert, managing law clerk, Inglewood; Turn- ; bull, Andrew, farmer, Sentry Hill, near New Plymouth; Bowman, Harry Alfred, farmer, Lepperton; Ardern, Walter Clifford, railway fireman, 76 >Hine street, New Plymouth; Fay, John, farmer, Huirangi, near New Plymouth; Ross, Frank Gordon, care 'Belview Boarding House, Waitara; Honeyfield, Henry Robert, farmer, Onaero, Waitara; .Hob, Russel, farmer, Bell Block, near New Plymouth; Benefield, Albert Ernest, dairy farmer, Cardiff, Taranaki; Warner, Richard Abraham, farmer, Main South road, Tataraimaka; Medley, Albert, driver, ■Hobson street, New Plymouti; Sole, Percy Ballantyne. dairy farmer, Brixton;, Davis, William Richard, farmer, care Eraser's post 'bag, Waitara; Davis, Augustus Theodore, farmer, care Frascr's post bag, Waitara; Tinning,' George Wilson, marine engineer, o.s. Mahoe, Waitara; Gray, Avondale Dunbar, farmer, Okato.