EMERGENCY PRECAUTIONS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24836, 9 February 1942, Page 6

EMERGENCY PRECAUTIONS

TO THE EDITOR Sir,—There has been a good deal in your columns about precautions against bombing, but after all, it is very doubtful if the Japanese would waste their time damaging a few of our buildings. What seems very much more likely is that they would come out with a fleet of well-guarded transports. By traversing unfrequented waters in the Pacific they might possibly reach New Zealand unobserved. Akaroa, of course, would be their objective. They would not go to Wellington seeing our capital city is "hogging" what ammunition there is in New Zealand. On arrival at Akaroa they would have all kinds of fancy methods for unloading. The 40-hour a week would naturally be banned. Whilst operations were going on the Home Guard would be able to sit around on the hills under camouflage netting and shoot some of the Japanese with theii\ binoculars. The people in Akaroa would just be a kind of background ornament. As soon as the enemy fleet had unloaded it would disappear into the blue. In a week or so the Japanese would be lunching in Christchurch and discussing the best use they could make of the aerodromes. J . We will leave it at that; but it was your paper, I think, that drew attention to the fact that a band of Japanese was roaming around making a survey of Akaroa harbour and its surroundings. That was two or three, years ago. I am, etc., A.B.C, Moeraki, Feb. 6.