MINISTERIAL EXPLANATION
Commenting on the report from Christchurch that Mr Usmar, director of E.P.S. training, had indicated to the New Zealand Council of the Royal Life Saving Society that all E.P.S. personnel would have to undergo two hours' compulsory training each week, the Ministor of Civil Defence, Mr Wilson, said to-day that he had received an explanation from Mr Usmar that he had made no official or unofficial communication to the Life Saving Society mentioning the intention of. requiring the E.P.S. personnel to devote two hours weekly to training. Mr Wilson said that Mr ' Usmar recalled having written a personal letter to someone associated with life saving, giving the opinion that certain training should be undertaken by the civil defence personnel, but this was written Inst October prior to his appointment to the department.
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Evening Star, Issue 24409, 22 January 1943, Page 2
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134MINISTERIAL EXPLANATION Evening Star, Issue 24409, 22 January 1943, Page 2
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