OVERTIME PROBLEM
LEAVE FOR HOME GUARD
Authority has been given to Home Guard battalion commanders to grant leave from training, or individual parades, to members who are called upon for extensive overtime on essential work.
The Director of National Service, Mr J. S. Hunter, has stated that while no hard and fast rule has been laid down as to the number of hours which would entitle a worker to exemption from Home Guard parades, it was felt that if any genuine cases were properly represented to battalion commanders, no difficulty would be experienced in obtaining relief from Home Guard training. Mr. Hunter has expressed the opinion that no difficulty should arise in the case of E.P.S. workers because of the limited amount of training involved. On account of the extensive training required of members of the Emergency Fire Service, some conflict had arisen in respect of the service in the E.F.S. and the performance of essential work. By arrangement with the commanding officers of the E.F.S., a large number of men had been exempted from billet duty, and the position had been reasonably met in all centres.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 199, 24 August 1942, Page 5
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