WAR IN THE AIR.
THE ZEPPELIN RAID. REP RIS A LS DEMANDED. EFFECT OF RAIDS ON LONDON LIFE. LONDON, October 14. The Zeppelin, raid is the outstanding topic of discussion by tho .ncwsp.ipr' I.v nn<! tho public. Lord "Willoughby do Broke presided
over it packed meeting in the Cannon / Street Hotel. It was resolved to favour ' -a bold j>oiicy of air reprisals on (.!:•• enemy's towns. A number of members of Parliament were present and supported the resolution. ' The- managers of theatres liavo not discussed tiie abandoning of evening performances, and are submitting daily matinees except at the Royalty Theatre. All have decided to continue evening performsmccs for the present. The discontinuance of the evening Horyicos in St. Paul's Cathedral, owing fco the light from the 24 windows m the dome, is" causing the clergy to discuss the possibility of discontinuing theevening services in other churches. Ihc police, patrol every street in the metropolis to sec if the lighting regulations are obeyed.. One householder today was fined £25 for failing to reduce liis lights, and another £10 for not screening ' the lights in his servant's room.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8271, 16 October 1915, Page 5
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