FOR EMERGENCY
By Telegraph—Press Association.
NEW ZEALAND READY NATIONAL ORGANISATION VALUE IN PEACE TIMES
Wellington, Last Night. The existence of an organisation of national security established by the Government to deal with any national crisis or emergency that may arise was announced by the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage to-day. "The organisation, which represents a compfehensive range of interests, is equivalent in principle to the Committee of Imperial Defence in Britain," Mr. Savage said. The organisation in addition to co-or-dinatjng all branches of defence was concerned with coping with situations that might arise through an epidemic or an earthquake disaster or similar unforeseen events requiring instant emergency measures, the Prime Minister proceeded. If it did come , to a declaration of war everyone would have some idea what would happen to the export trade. It would mean reorganisation of the internal economy and New Zealand would have to have the machine ready for action to accomplish this. ^ . > "Apart from any considerations ^ of war we have our economic life to maintain," Mr. Savage said. "The objective of the organisation is to be in a position to deal with any form of crisis. We don't want to have to run round and get an organisation together when we are in the middle of a crisis."
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1937, Page 6
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