THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 11, 1938.
COMPULSORY MODERNISING OF BRITAIN'S
FIRE FIGHTING SERVICES
London, To day. In moving the second reading in the Commons of the first measures dealing with fire precautions which have been before Parliament for more than 40 years, and the first legislation to place on local authorities legal obligations to arrange for efficient fire services, the Home Secretary said the system of fire precautions in Britain had grown up in a very haphazard way without any co-ordinated public effort.
The Bill gave effect to many of Arrangements would be made the recommendations of the River-under the Bill for different
dale Committee which had made a brigades to come to each other's study of the questions.
aid in times of emergency.
Sir Samuel Hoare made the point that the need for fire precautions was especially urgent in view of the danger of incendiary outbreaks due to aerial bombing,
BIG LOAN FOR SLUMS AND GREEN BELT
London, To-day.
The London County Council has announced, a loan of £10,000,000 at 31⁄2 per cent. to be issued at 1011⁄2 and redeemable from 1968 to 1973.
At yesterday's meeting of the fin- ancial committee of the Council it was stated that the proceeds of the issue were in the main required to finance the Council's current capital expenditure in respect of clearance of slum property and consequent rehousing, and the provision of additional accommodation for the abatement of overcrowding, as well
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NEW APPLIANCES
He mentioned that he had in- spected only last week at the Home Office a number of new and in- genious appliances for dealing with such outbreaks in times of emergency, which it was the inten- tion to issue to local authorities under the provisions of the present Bill.
He thought they had
gone in these
new appliances as far as human ingenuity could go to deal with the terrible danger of fire following air raids.
They were proceeding in this matter upon a big scale, and had already started distribution to local authorities of these auxiliary appliances which would be there to be used in emergencies.-British Wireless.
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London, To-day.
For the second year, London hos- They will also be used in particu-pitals have combined in an appea! lar advances to Metropolitan Borough to the public on a single Flag Day Councils.
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