USE OF GAS IN WARFARE
PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC.
By Tele-graph—Press Assn. —Copyright.
Sydney, Sept. 5.
Addressing the naval and military section of tho Medical Congress, Dr. F. A. Maguire, declaring gas to be the most potent weapon of future wars, suggested that the authorities should educate citizens in the’ various kinds of gas likely to bo used. It was possible to give every citizen a respirator and to tell him how to use it. It might be possible too to provide a reserve store of respirators. General Barber, Director-General of Medical Services,, announced that, the question of the protection of the civil population was now under consideration. The Defence Department had already made provision for the troops in Australia, He pointed out that, in the event of war and the enemy spraying certain districts with gas, it would be most desirable to evacuate as many people as possible.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1929, Page 2
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