CASUALTY LIST

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 44, 21 February 1942, Page 8

CASUALTY LIST

A list of 2nd N.Z.E.F. casualties

appears on page 10,

of blankets by the building occupier through compulsion is out of the question, in that, assuming a minimum number of watchers, say, 5000, per duty period, with two blankets per watcher. 10,000 blankets would be required for each period. Multiply this by nine weeks and 90,000 blankets would be required in Wellington alone. This requirement is impossible. Building organisers are to provide at the cost of the occupier light refreshment for watchers. It is recommended that the shift of any period be permitted, say, two hours' leave each evening (or some longer period as may be arranged to meet individual requirements), during which he may return to his home for a bath, change of clothing, and the normal evening meal. During the period of such leave his place may be taken by the watcher required for duty on the next succeeding period The general plan of the organisation is:

Upon the application for appointment of building organiser, individuals concerned will be posted their appointments, with guidance and a questionnaire, which requests information relative to the personnel available, as well as the personnel required to do the job, the type of building, and certain facts which will make it possible to gauge the hazards in the building. Exemptions from fire-watching service: Individuals •claiming exemption from watching service must produce either the . printed E.P.S. chit, or, alternatively, written evidence of membership in such organisations as Home Guard, etc. Major J. W. Andrews, Officer Commanding, Hutt Battalion Home Guard, already is taking steps to issue' to guardsmen chits which certify the bearers' having been attested in the Home Guard. This procedure is most helpful and it is to be hoped that other interested officers ,of the Home Guard, and other organisations exempt from watching service, will emulate this action. A COMMON-SENSE OUTLOOK. Finally, relative to the rules governing the fire-watching service, in view of the multiplicity of the hazards, and the widely-varied circumstances, building organisers should use their initiative wherever, possible to so organise their building with a common-sense outlook upon the conditions obtaining. Co-operation should be encouraged between.the building organisers of adjacent premises. Where the roof of one building is inaccessible or dangerous of access, then building organisers in a more fortunate position with roofs which overlook their neighbours should offer their services in , the discovery of bombs or fire fragments which may fall and lodge in or on the more inaccessible roofs.

Building organisers who are at the moment applying for appointment are requested to confine their communications to the name of the building, their own name and business address, and name of a deputy. Other information will be obtained through the questionnaire. In exceptional circumstances building organisers are invited to write concerning their particular problems when returning the questionnaire.