Costly A.R.P.
The upsetting of normal routine by the air raid precautions that are so necessary in Great Britain at present may not be fully appreciated in New Zealand, but an English manufacturer writing to a Dominion business man gives some idea of what the precautions mean. He mentions that air raid shelters and black-out preenu-' lions have already cost his firm £3500. “It is compulsory for business concerns to have air raid shelters, pumps and decontamination squads, and the place certainly becomes disturbed with tlie holding of air raid practices, curtains at the windows and so on,” he says. “Tlie glass roofs are painted over, and this means more electricity and work being carried out in artificial light during the day.” But he philosophically dismisses the subject thus: “In fact, we are having a lively time, and the same applies at home.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20176, 20 February 1940, Page 8
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143Costly A.R.P. Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20176, 20 February 1940, Page 8
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