“DEFENCE” OF BANK.
ARRANGEMENTS IN NEW
BUILDING
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.
LONDON, April 6
Tho new Bank of England building now being erected includes elaborate defences. It will be possible in the event of invasion or other emergency to flood the vaults from three points, one within the bank, one elsewhere in London, and a tiTfrd ten miles from London. Tho wails consist of reinforced concrete blocks. An attempt to remove a single block will give an electric alarm.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 8 April 1927, Page 10
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83“DEFENCE” OF BANK. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 8 April 1927, Page 10
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