GUARDS FOR FREEZING WORKS
PRECAUTION AGAINST SABOTAGE [Piiu United Press Association.J WELLINGTON, October 8. The importance of guarding the Dominion’s freezing works fro in sabotage and attacks by “ fifth columnists ” was stressed by Mr Burnett in an urgent cjuestion to the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives. Ho asked what steps the Government was taking to protect this important Dominion industry.
Mr Fraser stated that the Government in no way underestimated the.importance of freezing works in the Dominion’s economy, and nit a conference of the Meat Board arid the Freezing "Works Association, it was agreed that the protection of these undertakings
should be assumed by the managements themselves, who were to appoint watchmen equipped with batons and whistles. The Government had under immediate consideration regulations to ensure that all necessary precautions were observed by the managements at freezing works and other important places. The regulations would give watchmen certain additional powers as to detention and search, etcetera, which would assist tliqse men in the more efficient protection of property.
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Evening Star, Issue 23702, 9 October 1940, Page 12
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170GUARDS FOR FREEZING WORKS Evening Star, Issue 23702, 9 October 1940, Page 12
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