PERIL OF AIR RAIDS
RAIN OF BOMBS AND GAS ADVICE GIVEN BRITONS HOUSEHOLD SHELTERS (Rccd. Oct. 1. 2 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 30. Tlie Government is sending out to every householder a. hook on air raid find gas dangers, with the. suggestion that refuges in Ihe people’s own homes 1m provided. Factories and shops are. advised to make, similar provision. An official has slated that the public shelters would he only for those caught in Ihe streets. There was no intention lo have public bomb-proof shelters, which would require concrete roofs- 10ft. thick, or alternatively to be built 75ft. underground. DEFENCES OF VANCOUVER AIR BASE OUTLAY (Beed. Oct. 1,2 p.m.) VANCOUVER, Sept. 30. The Canadian Minister of Defence, (Mr. Tan Mackenzie, announces that £IOO.CCO will he spent on an air base at Vancouver to strengthen tlie British Columbia defences.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19134, 1 October 1936, Page 6
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