TRIAL BLACK-OUT

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 89, 11 October 1941, Page 11

TRIAL BLACK-OUT

TO BE COMPLETE

ADVICE TO HOUSEHOLDERS

The public are reminded that the black-out trial in Wellington on November 2 means a complete blackout.

The displaying of any light in a building or enclosure so that it is visible from outside will be an offence. Therefore steps must be taken at once to. prepare light-proof curtains or screens for doors and windows of houses if it is not desirable to switch off all lights in the building. Lightcoloured blinds do not prevent light escaping and will offend if there is a light in the room.

Hospitals, hotels, apartment-houses, and churches, etc., must all comply. Obviously it will pay householders to prepare at least one light-proof room where persons may sit during the black-out, because many trials will be held some of which may last a long while and then a real emergency may occur when least expected-

Pedestrians who are on the streets during the* black-out should wear something white in case they are not seen by a driver who keeps moving in the darkness.

Public transport vehicles in the oity will be expected to stop during the black-out. Although it will be legal for vehicles to move slowly if they are properly equipped with reduced parklights the central executive warns all drivers of the danger of moving vehicles during the period of the black-out.