EVACUATION

New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24178, 21 January 1942, Page 4

EVACUATION

Sir, —It seems to me that we are running round in circles here. On Simday, January 11, the Women's Auxiliary girls came round to. all the houses to* inquire Bow many evacuees each householder could accommodate in the event of an attack on New Zealand* At a meeting of the Emergency Precautions Service in the Frankton Town Hall on Tuesday, January 13, it was stated that, in event of danger, the women and children of Frankton and Maeroa would, have to be evacuated elsewhere. Where is the sense in this? The Government has plenty to spend for such things as the elaborate new IZB buildine and the Savage Memorial. T think that money could have been far better spent in establishing a permanent camp for evacuees away at the foot of some hills, say Pirongia way, where the children could enjoy a free and healthy life, arid also there would be plenty of firewood in |he bush. Such a camp, with a community kitchen End hot and cold water supplied by wood burners, such as the military camps have established for washing-up and laundrv purposes, and with a vegetable garden attached, would greatly reduce the cost of living. Lttcv M. Grant. Frankton Junction.