BLACKOUT SUGGESTED
ANXIETY FOR WAITARA
: [by tklkgr.a ph —own cop. uksfoxdent] XEW PLYMOUTH, Monday Concern over the possibility of the Taranaki coast, and particularly the town of Waitara, being shelled by s raider, with considerable loss of Ik* and damage, was expressed by nieffl* hers of the Clifton County Council. A resolution was unanimously passed instructing the county clerk. Mr. H- & \ aughan. to write to the Minister of Defence ._ the Hon. F. Jon. s. .-uglK'stmg the advisability of ordering a "blackout" at Waitara owing io ;ho danger of attacks through the brilliant- lighting ot the town. Mr. C. H, Burnett, disttier representative of the hospital hoard on tha emergency precautious organisation* said lie had felt uneasy about the tofltt of Waitara for some time, and mot® particularly since the occurrence at Nauru Island. What, lie asked. there to prevent a raidi;r .standing, W or 12 miles out to sea and «a oiling Waitara? A raider would iusve sotn® difficulty in entering Auckland, or Wellington, hut it could stand out in tfl« open ocean off Taranaki and do considerable damage.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23863, 14 January 1941, Page 81
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179BLACKOUT SUGGESTED New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23863, 14 January 1941, Page 81
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