WAR COUNCIL
Man-power Position Discussed (PA.) WELLINGTON, June 19. A meeting of the War Council was held to-day, said the Hon. W. Nash, to consider reports made by the Defence and Military Affairs Committee and the Primary and Industrial Production Committee of the Council. The man-power position was discussed and certain recommendations were made for consideration by the War Cabinet. The Council approved a proposal to establish testing stations, two fixed and two mobile, at each of the four main centres for the identification of lachrymator and poison gases. These stations will function as part of the emergency precautions organisation. The shipping position in the Pacific and the Tasman also w r as discussed by the Council, and reference was made to the proposals of the Government in regard to the erection of storage for foodstuffs awaiting shipment overseas. The Council was informed of the position in regard to Crete and the part played by the N.Z.E.F. in the valiant defence there.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21994, 20 June 1941, Page 4
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162WAR COUNCIL Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21994, 20 June 1941, Page 4
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