HOME GUARD CONTROL
EVENT OF EMERGENCY N.Z. PETROL STATIONS (Per Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. Assumption of control of all petrol stations in the Dominion by Home Guardsmen or by petrol station .employees enrolled in the Home Guard for that specific purpose is provided for in instructions issued to transport officers of the Home Guard by the National Service Department headquarters in conjunction with the Army Department.
Steps have already been taken in Taranaki to carry out instructions, and at Hawera two members of petrol station staffs have enrolled. Transport officers throughout New Zealand have received instructions to see that either male members of petrol station staffs are enrolled with the Home Guard to take charge of the station in an emergency. or that not fewer than three guardsmen are appointed to each petrol station. If the owner or manager of the petrol station is not enrolled in the Home Guard, the station will be taken over by the Home Guard, which will act in accordance with instructions.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20477, 11 February 1941, Page 4
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169HOME GUARD CONTROL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20477, 11 February 1941, Page 4
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