PROTECTION FROM GAS ATTACK
AUSTRALIAN PRECAUTIONS CHEAP MASKS TO BE MANUFACTURED (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —RT ELECTRIC TELEGRAM—COPYRIGHT.) (Received November 30, 1.5 a.m.) CANBERRA, November 29. In the House of Representatives the assistant Minister for Defence, Mr J. Francis, replying to a question, stated that precautionary measures against gas attacks on Australian cities were being taken by the Commonwealth Government, although a committee of military, naval, and air experts had reported that there was not much likelihooo of such an attack. Plans were being prepared which would embrace ambulance and police training in anti-gas measures, and the manufacture of cheap, serviceable gas-masks and suitable clothing.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 21026, 30 November 1933, Page 9
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