INCREASING PACE
ARMING BY BRITAIN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS PERSONNEL OF UNITS TRENCHES AND GAS MASKS (Elec. Tel. Copyright —United Press Assn.) (Reed. Nov. 2, 3 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 1. Speaking in the House of Lords to-day, Lord Zetland gave details of the defence programme. He said that anti-aircraft guns were being delivered three times as fast as they were six months ago and searchlights at four times the rate. More than twice as many mountings for 3.Tin. and larger antiaircraft guns were turned out in the four weeks succeeding September 26, as in the preceding four weeks. The air defence personnel on October 1 consisted of 2027 officers and 43,223 other ranks/ compared with 663 and 8798 respectively two years ago.
A million feet of trenches were dug and 30,000,000 gas masks were distributed during the recent crisis.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19777, 3 November 1938, Page 11
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