RETURNING TO LONDON

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 September 1944, Page 6

RETURNING TO LONDON

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(I;<■(’. 10.35 a.in.) LONDON, September 12

Despite tlio stern warning fiorn the Government, women and children who were evacuated from London after the flying bomb attacks began have been returning in large numbers since Air, Dunean “Sandys’ statement on September 7. Terminal stations present remarkable scenes as crowded trains from the north and west draw in and waiting menfolk welcome their families. Cots, pern mb, •In tors and luggage are piled up beyond the capacity of the station employees to handle them. Italian prisoners were brought in, to-day, to help clear Euston. Station.

The Ministry of Health, to-day, issued another warning in view of the continued flow of evacuees to London, strongly deprecating women bringing their children back. Emphasising that the danger in Southern England has not yet passed, the statement points out that in addition to the danger there are problems of housing and school accommodation. Approximately 870,000 houses si ill await repair and many schools are unusable. The statement discloses that 736.000 persons were evacuated from Greater London under the official arrangements to escape the Hying bombs. In addition. 200,000 are still in the provinces from previous evacuations.