E.P.S. PERSONNEL
Compulsory Training Proposal EXPLANATION BY MINISTER (N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON. Jan. 21. Commenting on the report from Christchurch that Mr K. L. Usmar, Director of E.P.S. training, had indicated to the New Zealand Council of the Royal Life Saving Society that all E.P.S. personnel would have to undergo two hours’ compulsory training each week, the Minister of Civil Defence, the Hon. D. Wilson. M.L.C., said today that he had received an explanation from Mr Usmar that he had made no official or unofficial communication to the Life-Saving Society, mentioning the intention of requiring E.P.S. personnel to devote two hours weekly to training. Mr Wilson said that Mr Usmar recalled writing a personal letter to someone associated with life saving, giving the opinion that certain training should be undertaken by Civil Defence Personnel, but this had been written last October, prior to his appointment to the Department.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22486, 22 January 1943, Page 4
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