MOTUEKA E.P.S.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 10 August 1942, Page 3

MOTUEKA E.P.S.

COMPULSORY PARADE TO BE HELD The monthly meeting of ilie Motueka E.I’.S. was attended by the Mayor. Mr W. J. Eginton, Messrs A. L. Kirk. R. P. Rowling, L. Stanton. K. H. Boyd, T. Simpson. F. Foster, J. Brown, C. A. Henderson, R. Smith, H. Whit well. B. V. Warren and Dr. A. R. Green. The National Service Department forwarded circular letters in respect of blankets for E.P.S. purposes. loss of E.P.S. armbands, and compensation for personal injury. It was decided that the controller of the medical section be interviewed concerning blanket requirements. The National Service Department forwarded details relating to caraouflets and the methods of recognising them. It was explained that camouflets were formed when a bomb ex - ploded beneath the surface of the earth and the force of the explosion was insufficient to displace and disperse the soil above the bomb. The camoufiet was the subterranean cavity formed by the explosion in which was carbon monoxide.

COMPULSORY PARADE

Speaking in regard to a compulsory muster parade of E.P.S. units the chairman said that since the last meeting the matter had not progressed far. He suggested a general muster of all sections under linear respective controllers on a Saturday afternoon in the near future. After controllers had expressed their views on the project it was decided that a compulsory parade of the E.P.S. be hold at the Institute Hall on Thursday, 27th August, at 8 p.m.

LIGHTS AT WAR MEMORIAL

Mr K. H. Boyd, speaking as a warden, considered that to be in conformity with existing lighting restrictions within the borough the lights at the war memorial should be disconnected, The Mayor explained that the lights in question were shaded similar to the street lights, and being on the same circuit were extinguished with the street lights. The memorial had, he said, been re-lit at the request of the Returned Services’ Association. Mr Rowling thought there was nc particular reason, under existing circumstances. why the lights at the memorial should not be disconnected. The chairman staled that the Borough Council would be guided by a recommendation from the E.P.S. meet. On the motion of Dr. Green and Mr Rowling, it was decided to forward tc the Borough Council a recommendation that the lights at the memorial be cut off.