Here is this week’s round-up of pieces from the Batley News relating to the parish of St Mary’s. None relate to those serving in the military. Spelling and punctuation matches that of the newspaper.
Batley Tribunal held a marathon session:
THE BATLEY TRIBUNAL.
Over 200 Cases in One Day.
Batley Tribunal had another long sitting in the Town Hall on Monday, and dealt with many military reviews of temporary exemption given to men of low category engaged in the textile industry. The Mayor Ald. J. W. Blackburn J. P., presided in the absence of County Alderman J. W. Turner, J. P., and was accompanied by Alderman F. Priestley and Mr. T. S. Parr, J. P.; Mr. J. H. Craik, clerk; Mr.. D. H. Thornton, Military Representative; and Mr. L. Hinchcliffe, assistant clerk.
Mr. Hamilton Crothers, in presenting for review a long list of employees of Messrs. J. T. and J. Taylor, woollen manufacturers, said a great many of the men were examined at the mills.
Decisions:-
Temporary exemption to January 1st:—…Michael Merriman (34), single, Cii, oil pressman…Patrick Gallagher (34), single, Ciii, warehouseman.
These military service medical fitness classifications represented different levels of suitability for service. Cii meant Michael Merriman was free from serious organic diseases, able to stand service in garrisons at home, and was able to walk five miles, see and hear for ordinary purposes. Ciii indicated Patrick Gallagher was similarly free from serious organic diseases and was able to stand service in garrisons at home, but he was graded only suitable for sedentary work.
There was one death in the Family Notices, as follows:
BATLEY
MAGUIRE. —On the 25th inst., aged two years, Kathleen, daughter of Michael Maguire, 47, Cobden Street.
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