VOLUNTARY SERVICE
PROGRESS IN ENGLAND (From a Correspondent) LONDON. Dec. 29. Splendid work is still being done by the Women’s Voluntary Services for air raid precautions, of which the Dowager Marchioness of Reading is the chairman. Comparatively little publicity is given to the movement, which, however, continues its indefatigable task. An experienced band of black-out drivers is now being trained, and a motoring school in London is teaching girls to drive on private roads with no lights, instructing them how to negotiate the turns and hazards to be met with on roads in the event of a “lights out” order. The girls say that the experience is much.less trying than one would imagine, as the eyes quickly become accustomed to the dark, unlighted streets. Anyhow, this instruction is to continue till an experienced band of black-out drivers becomes available. There is no social barrier in this movement. It is personality which counts, and as long as a girl is capable it does not matter from what class she comes. The main idea is to appoint some woman in charge in every area who is popular and highly esteemed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20714, 26 January 1939, Page 6
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