SLIT TRENCHES

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 42, 19 February 1942, Page 8

SLIT TRENCHES

HELP WHERE NECESSARY

The Mayor has repeated his advice to householders to proceed without de]ay with the construction of their own domestic shelters, particularly in the form of slit trenches. Many had done so, he ssid, but many others had not. Whatever work might be done, under the general scheme, the provision of slit trenches near people's own homes would still remain a most necessary part of the protective measures. In the absence of menfolk, or for other justifiable reasons where people had no one to do the job, wardens were instructed to call for voluntary workers to carry out the work. That might well be done on Saturday, and he suggested that all those who needed such assistance should communicate with their district wardens so that teams of volunteers could be got to-1 gether. WORK AT RONGOTAI COLLEGE. The boys of Rongotai College are digging slit trenches behind the main building. The principal, Mr. F. M. Renner, stated yesterday that immediately on the sounding of the alarm he would send away all those boys who belonged to E.P.S. or Home Guard units, and also those boys who lived within 10 minutes of the college. The remaining boys would have adequate . protection within the college grounds.