TO BE INTERNED.
GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN WOMEN.
ORDER GIVEN IN BRITAIN.
(United Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Pay, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 27.
The Home Secretary (Sir John Anderson) authorised the temporary internment of all Austrian and German women, between the ages of 1G and 60 throughout Britain. Hitherto they have been compelled only to comply with special restrictions. These women are being interned on the Isle of Man. They are allowed to take! children under the age of 16. Over 1000 have been rounded up in London. The order affects 3300 in Britain. Many resident in Glasgow and Sheffield have also been detained. The husbands of many of the internees have already been interned. The Government has taken over the whole Port of Erin, on' the southern coast of the Isle of Man for the internment of women aliens who will be billeted in hostels and boarding-houses, the proprietors of which must cater at so much per capita paid by the Government. Barbed-wire and a military guard will encircle the town leaving the women the use of the 1 beach, tennis courts and other amenities.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 196, 28 May 1940, Page 5
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