ASSISTANCE OF SCIENCE
CHECK TO AERIAL WAR TRIBUTE BY MINISTER POSSIBILITIES EXPANDING (British Oflidut Wireless.) Roc. 1.30 p.. RUGBY, Dec. 1. The debt which the Air Ministry owes to science was commented on by the Secretary for Air, Sir Kingsley Woo’d, at the 2G7th anniversary dinner of the Royal Society.
He said that the Ministry was proud to know that no fewer than 44 Fellows of the Society were members of committees appointed by the Ministry, or in which the Ministry was closely interested. The scientific staff at the Air Ministry had been trebled in the last two or three years and there were still vacancies to be filled. It was almost impossible to estimate what scientists and research workers might achieve in relation to the menace of The air to-day. One of the greatest contributions to the peace and happiness of mankind would be the conquest of the bombing aeroplane and he did not despair of that being achieved.
The biggest test of air raid warning signals in Britain will be made on December 8 when 100 sirens, installed at selected police stations in Greater London, will be sounded simultaneously. The object of the test is to determine whether or not the sirens would give adequate warning and cover within the area.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19803, 3 December 1938, Page 9
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