THE HUTT VALLEY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 147, 18 December 1941, Page 11

THE HUTT VALLEY

Mr. E. P. Hay, Chief Warden for Lower Hutt, stated that reports from the patrols indicated that last night's test was carried out with a high standard of efficiency. It was apparent, however, that the present siren system left much to be desired, not only because the sirens were not heard, but because the method of sounding did not allow for a complete break between the signals, whereas a whistle gave a clear-cut break # . This question, stated Mr. Hay, was already receiving the attention of the E.P.S. organisation, which had the provision of an auxiliary siren under consideration. Mr. E. F. Hollands. Lighting Controller for the district, reports that the black-out in Lower Hutt and Pstone was on the whole a remarkably good effort...... He viewed the valley from Belniont. He and other observers emphasised that the warning signals in Lower Hutt were entirely inadequate, and'that one factory offended the regulations badly. Reports from Petone indicate that the signal was sounded slightly later than those in Lower Hutt. When it did sounds the whole district was promptly blacked out. Eastbourne and Upper Hutt reports State that on /the whole the trial was satisfactory; In Upper Hutt there was a delay of four minutes in extinguishing the street lights, and several cars did not comply with the regulations.