DEFENCE AGAINST GAS ATTACK

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 19 October 1937, Page 3

DEFENCE AGAINST GAS ATTACK

ORGANISATION IN ENGLAND EFFICIENCY OF MODERN METHODS |By Tdrijnipli AUCKLAND, 18th October. "1 see no tear for great alarm over gas attacks as properly organised antig: measures confer a high degree of immunity, but incendiary bombs are much more serious,” said Dr. A. Tennent, Wellington, who returned by the Niagara after a visit to England and the United Stales. Dr. Tcnncnt was medical officer with the New Zealand Coronation contingent. Thorough organisation against possible gas attacks was being developed in England, Dr. Tcnnent said. He visited the gas training centre at Winter-bourne-Gunner, Salisbury Plain, where instructors were trained and later saw some of the work being done by local authorities. ‘‘Everybody is thinking of gas in England these days and local authorities are all getting busy organising anti-gas measures,” Dr. Tennent added. “It has been left in the hands of local authorities, with trained personnel for instructors.” Dr. Tennent said in his opinion a far worse menace than gas was incendiary bombs. These, dropped from high-fly-ing aeroplanes, might start 30 or 40 fires simultaneously in a large city, setting in a few moments a problem for even the most efficient fire-fighting service.