TOTAL BLACK-OUT
The possibility that Wellington will have to prepare for the imposition of a complete black-out was indicated at a meeting of the Wellington City Council. The Mayor, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop, reporting on behalf of a deputation to the acting-Prime Minister, the Hon. W. Nash, said that he had talked with Commodore W. E. Parry, Chief of the Naval Staff, and representatives of the Army, and they said definitely that the lighting restrictions were necessary, and that they were building up to having a complete black-out as soon as it could be done. The main thing to be avoided, they said, was sky-glow, and the elimination of lights facing the sea. He asked them about wireless stations and bright lights, and was told that a ship’s bearings could definitely be obfrom them, and they would like them cut out, as they were an aid to navigation. That appeared to him to be the end of the matter, so that the lighting restrictions stood, and a black-out must be brought about as soon as it could be done.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20639, 20 August 1941, Page 10
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180TOTAL BLACK-OUT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20639, 20 August 1941, Page 10
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