CIVILIANS IN WAR
PROTECTION AGAINST GAS BRITISH PRECAUTIONS LONDON, Feb. 22 Masks and anti-ga6 fittings are one of the features of the British Industries Fair at Birmingham. The price of masks ranges from 5s to £2 ss, and suits affording protection against mustard gas are priced at £4. Anti-gas measures at Whitehall include the screening of first-storey windows only, since it is believed that gases will keep to the ground. Coventry is the first town in Britain to provide gas masks for everybody. The Midland towns generally are taking airraid precautions most seriously. Many faotories are providing masks for their j employees and are forming speciallyequipped decontamination squads.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22976, 2 March 1938, Page 13
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