STRICTER CONTROL

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 134, 9 June 1942, Page 4

STRICTER CONTROL

BLACKOUT REQUIREMENTS

BUILDINGS FACING SEA

The Mavor and chief warden, Mr. J. A. C. Allum, has announced that there will be stricter enforcement of the blackout regulations relating to districts facing Auckland harbour and the Hauraki Gulf.

He said 'that instructions would be issued immediately to district and citv block wardens, to call for comglete observance of the regulations y occupiers of houses, and all other buildings. All windows, doors and other openings, visible from the sea, would have to be covered, so that no internal light whatever was visible from them at night. He was aware that the requirement was being carried out by the great majority of occupiers affected, and that the supervision in a number of areas was extremely efficient. However, in future no latitude would be allowable to either wardens or occupiers.

Mr. Allum pointed out that the announcement did not mean that any change had been made in the regulations affecting windows not visible from the sea or harbour, and such windows still had to be covered sufficiently to prevent any contribution to sky-glow, and need not be completely blacked out.

Mr. Allum said there was nothing new about the instructions, and on the whole the people of Auckland had responded to the blackout requirements extremely well. He now had to deal with odd ones, who hiad not been as careful as they might have been.