E.P.S. PERSONNEL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 January 1943, Page 2

E.P.S. PERSONNEL

APPEALS AGAINSJT SERVICE IN HOME GUARD. 37 OUT OF 58 DISMISSED. “The onus is on the E.P.S. to prove that the men are essential in the organisation. While appreciating that the E.P.S. is an important organisation, the board is satisfied that the men whose appeals have been£ dismissed are not essential to the E.P.5.,” stated Mi- H. B. Lusk, chairman of the No. 2 Armed Forces Appeal Board (Napier) at its sitting in Masterton yesterday when appeals lodged by the Masterton district E.P.S. against 58 of its members being transferred to the Home Guard were dealt with. Of the 58 appeals 37 were dismissed and 21 were granted. Many appeals concerning street wardens were dismissed.

Mr C. R. Mabson, who represented the District E.P.S. Controller, said that the men appealed for had had two years’ training in the E.P.S. The organisation in Masterton had become efficient and any change in personnel would disrupt the organisation. Lieutenant Goldfinch submitted that the Home Guard was definitely under strength. All the men appealed for were between the ages of 41 and 50 and by reason of most having had service in the last war they were of the type required by the Home Guard.