Move to reinstate officer
The Civil Defence Committee yesterday considered petitions seeking the reinstatement of the former Defence Officer, Mr R. W. Waters. No such request had been received from Mr Waters himself, and he had been given an undertaking that the matter would not he discussed publicly, the Mayor of Christchurch (Mr H. G. Hay) said yesterday. Mr Hav said that the vacancy for a Civil Defence 'Officer in no way made the | Civil Defence organisation I ineffective, and an appointment would be made as soon as possible after applications closed on October 22. The committee hoped that volunteers thinking of resigning would consider that it was in the public interest for them to continue their voluntary service. It also hoped that they would accept that matters of policy were the reponsibility of the committee which had an over-all view of the organisation not available to specialist volunteers, Mr Hay said.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19751004.2.146
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33965, 4 October 1975, Page 16
Word Count
152Move to reinstate officer Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33965, 4 October 1975, Page 16
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in