"The Snobington Mercury,” August 7th.

Among the recent applicants to the Snobington Appeal Tribunal was the Hon. Geoffrey de Knute.  Solicitor for the applicant stated that his client, who was already giving all his time to the organisation of hat-trimming competitions for wounded soldiers and other work of national importance, desired exemption for the reason that he expected shortly to succeed to the Earldom of Swankshire.  There were, he explained, three brothers who stood between his client and the title, all over military age.  It was expected, however, that the age limit would before long be substantially raised, in which case there was every reason to believe that his client, if exempted from military service, might outlive his relatives.  After some consultation the chairman stated that ten years’ exemption would be granted.

"The Morning News,” August 14th.

Sol.  Strunski, 18, single, passed for General Service, applied for exemption yesterday before the Birdcage Walk Tribunal.  Applicant’s mother, who was observed to be wearing several large diamond rings and a sable jacket, informed the Tribunal that applicant was her sole support; that he had been engaged until recently upon a contract for supplying the Army Ordnance Department with antimacassars, but that, as the result of false charges made against him by persons connected with the police force, the War Office had removed his name from its list of eligible contractors, with the result that he was now out of work.  He had, however, been offered the secretaryship of the Russian branch of the No-Conscription Fellowship.  It was a great chance for him, she explained, but he would lose it if he were called up.  The Tribunal expressed its sympathy with Mrs. Strunski, and stated that the War, important as it might be, could not be allowed to mar the future of such an able youth.  Total exemption.

"The Purrsweet Record,” August 21st.

At the Purrsweet Tribunal, Messrs. Prongingham and Co., proprietors of the popular multiple grocery establishments, applied for exemption for their local branch manager, William Dudd (28, B 1).  The chairman of the Tribunal, Sir George Prongingham, stated that he had had some doubts as to whether his position as president of Prongingham’s, Ltd., did not require him to leave the disposition of this case to his colleagues.  They had persuaded him to a contrary view, and certainly his patriotism could not be questioned.  His son Reginald had been serving gallantly in the Army Pay Department since the outbreak of war, and he himself had been consulted by the Government on several occasions.  In deciding the case of the applicant, William Dudd, he felt no bias of any kind, and the Tribunal’s decision to grant total exemption was made wholly out of regard to the young man’s prospects, and not in the interest of Prongingham’s, Ltd. (Cheers.) ALGOL.

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