Warning Signals For Whangarei E.P.S.

Northern Advocate, 28 May 1941, Page 8

Warning Signals For Whangarei E.P.S.

Approval for the telephone ex change operators to give the alarm signal in the event of an emergency has been received by the Whangarei Emergency Precautions Scheme organisation from the postal authorities. The E.P.S. organisation is to pay for the cost of installing the necessary switch. Railway Engine Whistles Another method of warning is the proposal that railway engine whistles •he used. This proposal was contained in a letter to the E.P.S. organisation from the Director of National Service and the executive at its meeting last night referred this letter to the borough electrical engineer (Mr W. J. Dawson), who is in chai'ge of this branch of the service. The letter read: '• “A suggestion has been made that railway engine whistles be used to reinforce emergency warning signals, and the General Manager of Railways has indicated that his department is w illing to co-operate in this direction. It is thought that the officer in charge of each locomotive depot should be linked up with the local E.P.S. organisation so that the latter could instruct him as to the warnings to be given. This should provide a definite control and, in particular, should eliminate any danger of false alarms which might be evident if the matter were left to the discretion of individual enginedrivers.”