THE MINERS.
There is reason to think that the miners of the Dominion are receiving special treatment at the hands of the Defence authorities. In the ordinary course of events minors who appeal against military service may be exempted on the ground that they are employed in an essential.industry. It is reported, however, that clause 35 of the Act is not being applied to miners -or their families. This means that a farmer, or clergyman, or'policeman, or bookmaker, or anybody else who belongs to a shirking family, is exempted in the meantime because he happens to have a brother who 'is a miner. If this report be true—and if it is not the authorities may txcnltrardict it—a being made in favour of one section of the community that will have a far-reaching effect '.throughout the Dominion. The Defor.co .Minister and his' subordinates have no night whatever to grant favours to miners, farmers, or anybody else. The responsibility of dealing witli individuals and (industries rests entirely with the Military Appeal Board-'.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 7 December 1916, Page 4
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170THE MINERS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 7 December 1916, Page 4
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