AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS.
Despite the Mayor's contention that you are ill-informed, regarding fch» Kmergcncy Precautions Scheme, most people will agree with your sub-leader. Why all Hie secrecy? The public known 'nothing of what is being clone to safeguard it in the event of an emergency. We are told that warden* and' sub-wax-dons have been appointed. Who are they; where do they live; what authority have they? The other day a flight of 'planes passed over the city. We all assumed they were from our own air 'base. Tint we have never been told how to identify one 'plane from another. The pamphlet to ibe issued may or may not tell us how, ibut as tilings are today delay is dangerous. No one wishes to be an alarmist, but events have happened with such surprising rapidity that we should be prepared fn r anything. . R..FJUXCIS.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 150, 26 June 1940, Page 6
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