Mr. Beattie the military reprsentative at the Eastbourne Military Tribunals was a man not to be argued with. In this reported case in the Eastbourne Gazette in 1916, Mr. Beattie is amazed when the applicant insists on hairdressing being a national necessity:
Haircutting a Necessity
G.H.Williams, hairdresser, newsagent and tobacconist, Langley road urged that enlistment would result in a loss of business.
Mr. Beattie, “Your wife could carry on the news agency and tobacconist business and she could get 23s a week separation allowance in addition, without the cost of keeping you.”
Applicant, “But if the hairdressers business is closed the customers of the other part of the business will go.”
Mr. Beattie, “You would not claim that your business is a national necessity?”
Applicanat, “It is a necessity!”
Mr. Beattie, “What! To get your hair cut!”
Applicant, “Yes.”
Eight weeks conditional was granted, applicant being advised to make application to the Commissioners (at the County Hall, Lewes) nfor help in the matter of his rent.
It was remarked that replies to such applications were often belated.
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