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not1 a reservist when'll© was drawn in tho ballot. - ‘ :Appellant stated ;that he Was born on lUbli March* 1897, and was notified on 13th March, that lie had been drawn in the ballot.* •/ Mr,-Glasgow said appellant;was waiting until; he was 2D years of age to enlist/ and Was within a few days of twenty when drawn in tlio ballot.Appeal was allowed;A CHEMIST’S APPEAL. ■Sydney Frederick Strudwick, of Tara-keme, ^pealed on the grounds of public interest. Mr, C, J. riarley appeared for appellant, Tlio.appeat was .supported uy me Golden Bay Cement Company.luc appellant stated that he was employed at the Golden. Bay Cement Works at Tarakohe as technical eliem-1st. Ho was 34 . years of age and single; and his parents were dependent upon him. He controlled the manufacture of cement at Tarakohe. it was absolutely essential that a chemist should be at the works the whole time. Over. 60.men were employed at Para-kolie. He had a married brother-in the employ of the Royal Naval Dockyards at Sydney. At least 30 men had enlisted from the works. HHve single men were waiting to drawn in the ballot. A chemist ip a cement, works alsorequired to bo 'skilled in mineral aualT-j - ' -any land. He had three..’brothers3. all .in the Second ..Division. Ho commenc-eel motor driving on his own account about ton months ago. . He was single and dlad no one.dependent upon him. He had never enlisted. He would have enlisted if the; Council had not refused him a taxi license, Appellant, asked for leave to enable him to put Ids' affairs in order, a-s he had got behind owing, to the action of the City Goun-ciL . . • .....‘ Iho chairman: You got into that difficulty by : defying the by-laws.By Captain Pijldngton: The Council passed the resolution not to grant licenses to -single men eligible for ser-’f vice ubftut ten months ago. Ho bought I the car about nine months ago, and [ had been on the road in Nelson about five months. Pie bought the car in spite of the resolution, t because he didnot tltink the City ••Council had thopower to deprive a man from earning a living. He had paid for the car withpractically his own money. 'The chairman said there did not appear to bo any grounds for exemption. The motor business was taken up with tho knowledge that the City Council would not grant a license to him. The appeal would be dismissed.sis.Tho chairman -said a chemist was essential at cement works, but it was a question whether the works were essential, The matter would bo referred to the National Efficiency Board. Tn the meantime tho appeal would stand over.TN APPEAL DISMISSED,James .Thomas Norcross, taxi driver, appealed on the grounds- of “undue hardship.” Appellant stated that he was 37 years of age. His father was dead. His mother xvas living, but not dependent upon him. He did not ownA RELIGIOUS OBJECTOR,Conrad Louis lhiss, farmer, of Annie-by, appealed on the grounds of uiidu.e hardship. He .stated that he was 28 years of age, and lived with his father and mother.. He had five brothers, three of whom were.in the First Division, One had enlisted,, but had been rejected. He worked on his father^ farm. His father was able to work. Appellant gave particulars of the trooping done on his father’s farm;The chairman: I notice you have religious object ions. 'What are they?Appellant;. 1 am a Christian, and itis against my conscience to fight.The chairman: Tho more fact of being a, Christian does not bring you under the section. There ore ;a good many Christians fighting at the present
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Nelson Colonist
Nelson, South Island, NZ
Thu, Apr 26, 1917
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