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"CHATTERBUGS” FINED

PENALTIES IN . BRITAIN . LONDON, Aug. 12. —Slogans plastered everywhere in this island fortress proclaim that “careless talk costs lives” and magistrates show that it also costs money. The British press daily chronicles stiff court sentences on persons accused of talking too freely. The wave of punishment has become so persistent that some papers have urged the authorities to go slow. - There’s no such demand, however, in the matter of black-out infringements. As the country strives to make this potent weapon against accurate air attack more effective, sentences for offences become more severe and a £4O fine or 28 days’ gaol—levied indiscriminately on rich or poor—has become practically a standard.

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Opotiki News, Volume III, Issue 319, 4 October 1940, Page 2

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"CHATTERBUGS” FINED Opotiki News, Volume III, Issue 319, 4 October 1940, Page 2

"CHATTERBUGS” FINED Opotiki News, Volume III, Issue 319, 4 October 1940, Page 2

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