AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS.
BRITISH INSTRUCTIONS.
LONDON. Oct. 5.
The News-Chronicle says that the Home Office will shortly distribute millions of copies of a booklet intended to standardise air raid precautions in private homes. It contains advice on the subject of choosing a refuge room from which gases can be excluded, and states that a room 10 feet square will accommodate five people without ventilation for 12 hours. It instructs householders to equip the refugee with candles, matches, a hammer, nails, string, rags, scissors, an electric torch, brown paper, airtight food containers, tables, chairs, disinfectant, a wash-stand, a screen for privacy, sanitary conveniences, drinking water, tinned foods, plates, cups, books, writing materials, a heavy dark curtain, blankets, mattresses, eiderdowns, a wireless set or gramophone, a fire extinguisher, or sand with a shovel.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 264, 6 October 1936, Page 7
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