AERIAL DEFENCE
A WARNING BY WIRELESS MINISTER’S NOVEL METHOD By Telegraph.—Press Association. —Copyright. Received May 16, 10.30 p.m. LONDON, May 16. Thousands of Londoners had the novel experience of listening to a Cabinet Minister wirelessing a warning of air peril. Sir Samuel lloare broadcasted a speech saying that development of aviation made it possible for a hostile bomber to drop on London a weight of bombs far beyond the weight dropped during the war. “We must begin to organise a fortress against such attack/’ declared the Minister. “I desire to impress upon all the urgent importance of an adequate supply of pilots, also men to man anti-aircraft guns. Searchlights and guns will always be necessary as a final defence against raiders who may have penetrated aeroplane defences. ’ ’
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18783, 17 May 1923, Page 5
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127AERIAL DEFENCE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18783, 17 May 1923, Page 5
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