Not Prepared To Enter Camp
(P.A.) OAMARU. Jan. 28. For failing to report for duty a reservist, George Alfred Dawson, 'as sentenced by Mr H. W. Bundle. S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court to-day to one month’s imprisonment and ordered to be detained in a detention camp for the duration of the war. Dawson said he would not go to camp because he was an Australian and did not intend to stay in New Zealand. Mr J. E. Farrell, who appeared for Dawson, said that Dawson appealed on the ground that he was an Australian not domiciled in New Zealand, the board dismissing the appeal for want of jurisdiction. He applied for a permit to return to Australia. This was refused. Dawson came to New Zealand in March. 1936. The National Service Department held the view that Dawson was domiciled in this country but, unfortunately, no machinery existed to deal with the question of domicile. Asked by the Magistrate if he was prepared to go to camp, Dawson replied “not in New Zealand,” and was sentenced as stated.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22183, 29 January 1942, Page 4
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177Not Prepared To Enter Camp Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22183, 29 January 1942, Page 4
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