Emergency Precautions Scheme
Production date
1942-1943
Description
During World War Two the Government set up the emergency precaution scheme (EPS) which supervised Civil Defence, including the blackout, air-raid shelters, and the provision of sand bucket and stirrup pumps, against the risk of fire.
The collection consists of letters and petrol coupons for issuing to Emergency Precaution Scheme (EPS) officials, a booklet issued to householders in the New Plymouth Borough and Taranaki County and a Circular letter of 8 February 1941, requesting help providing transport in event of an emergency.
Object detail
Part 1
1) Envelope addressed to Mr J H Paulger, Chairman of Tikorangi EPS
2) Contents of item 1 - 65, two gallon emergency petrol vouchers
3) Envelope initially addressed to Mrs J Guthrie. Mrs Guthrie is crossed out and the name Mr N C Fookes has been added. (contents of envelop listed below - item 4 to )
4) Receipt for Emergency Petrol Coupons. - with conditions as to how and when the coupons should be issued. 1942.
5) Letter - To W B Lawrence, Uruti, from Fookes, re issue of 100 coupons 28 August 1942.
6) Letter - to F W Waddell, New Plymouth, from Fookes, re issue of 100 coupons, 28 August 1942.
7) Letter - to J B Carr, Okau, from Fookes, re the recall of coupon, 5 August 1943. Has a mark from a rusty paper clip in upper left edge.
8) Letter - to W B Lawrence, Uruti, from Fookes, re the recall of coupons, 5 August 1943. Lawrence replies to Fookes on the back of the page.
9) Sheet of 80, two gallon petrol vouchers (No 624).
10) Sheet of 100, two gallon petrol vouchers.
11) Sheet of 16, two gallon petrol vouchers.
12) Sheet of 84, two gallon petrol vouchers (N0625). Has a rust mark from a paper clip. May be associated with item 7.
13) Booklet. E.P.S., New Plymouth borough and Taranaki county. 2nd ed. May 1942
14. Circular letter. 8 February 1941, requesting help providing transport in event of an emergency.
Public comments
My father was initially appointed district warden for the Shirley primary district. Next he became senior warden for Christchurch where he wrote a plan for the cities defence, which when forwarded to Wellington. was used all around NZ My Brother has writen a booklet recording information about this time.
- Jocelyn White posted 6 years ago.