DANGERS OF RAIDS BY AIRCRAFT
GAS MASKS FOR DOMINIONS CORPS OF WARDERS IN ENGLAND United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, March 4. The British Government has issued a public specimen of gasmasks and gas protection equipment. Wing-Commander Hodsell, head of Britain’s air raid precautions department, told the Australian Associated Press that he had received inquiries from all the Dominions and many Colonies, including Fiji. AIR RAID WARDENS PRECAUTIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN Brltlsb Official Wireless (Received March. 5, 5.5 p,m.) . RUGBY, March 4. Local authorities are being recommended to organise the service of air raid wardens to. supplement the normal resources of the civil authorities for safeguarding the general public in the event, of air attacks. The duties of wardens, of whom 300,000 will be voluntarily enlisted, will include advising the public oh officially recommended precautions agajnst air raids, assisting. in the distribution of respirators, and, in the event of war, taking an active part in helping their fellowcitizens during and after an air raid.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20669, 6 March 1937, Page 17 (Supplement)
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164DANGERS OF RAIDS BY AIRCRAFT Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20669, 6 March 1937, Page 17 (Supplement)
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