Billet For Dogs: Duchess Houses 200
The Duchess of Hamilton has 200 evacuee dogs billeted at her house, Fern House, near Salisbury. Twenty girls are acting as kennel maids. Her solicitor, Mr H. R. Oldham, said at Tisbury, Wiltshire: “It is extremely difficult to control these strange young ladies in matters relating to the blackout.”
It was said that on October 30, 20 windows in the house were insufficiently screened, and that four others and three skylights were not screened at all.
The duchess, president of the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society, was fined £lO for infringing the regulations. She expressed regret and said the blackout was now being observed strictly. Colonel W. Kennedy Shaw, the chairman, commented: “It is a serious case. The fact that the duchess has taken on a large number of dogs is not much of an excuse.”
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Northern Advocate, 24 January 1940, Page 4
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