Air Raid Precautions
SEVERAL “BLACKOUT" EXERCISES DURING COMING MANOEUVRES
During combined manoeuvres which will be held in the last week of this month, Government is taking the opportunity afforded by the atmosphere of military exercises to make thorough tests of the air raid precautions of the Colony.
Detailed instructions are given below for the guidance of the general public, who will not be inconvenienced by the arbitrary severance of electric current, but are asked to co-operate fully to make the tests a success.
THE HONGKONG
GARY COOPER
TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1998.
May Visit Hongkong In New Year
Gary Cooper, popular lollywood
film star, will probably, visit Hong- kong next year.
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RADIO. BROADCAST
Handbag And Earrings Helen Lockhart (Contralto)
Seized From Women
Sentence of two weeks' hard labour and cight strokes of the cane was imposed on Chau Tak-chuen, 21, un- employed, by Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Magistracy yesterday, for snatching a handbag containing articles to the value of $33.47 at Con- naught Road West on November 12. Inspector W. Mair prosecuted.
With Z.B.W. Orchestra
TCHAIKOWSKY SYMPHONY
Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 345 k.c.'s. and on Short Wave from 6-11 pm. on 0.52 m.c's, per second.
11.X.T. is visiting England
6.0 Bludlo-Children's Hour. 7.0 Closing local Stock Quota-
This information was revealed last night during the relay by ZDW of the London broadcast of "In Town To-night during which Cooper an- nounced that his next film would be "The Last Frontier," in which some of the shots would be show on location in the Philippines.
Cooper, who with his wife, said in the broadcast that he spent two years in England at school as a child and had always been keen to return. He referred to
Appearing on remand before Mr. his most recent film, "The Adventures of Marco Polo," which has just been Forrest, Ll Min, 22, unemployed, was screened in Hongkong and revealed sentenced to a week's hard labour All the "blackout" exercises will that during the shooting he had ac- and 12 strokes of the care for snatch- be considered as completed twenty eldentally fallen into the lion's miting a pair of gold earrings from a clear The Track, Let The Buligine
Chan Po, 81, at Johnston Inspector 2 (phases I and II) all other forms of and was rescued by the villain, Basil widow, pinse II, and will be indicated by Rathbone. These scenes were how-Road on Sunday last.
Baker prosecuted, the switching on of all street light-ever deleted from the film. fox when a private. lighting may
The programme and information given below have been clrculated by the Air Raids Precautions Officer for Hongkong, Wing-Commander A. H. 8. Steele-Perkins,
again be switched on and normal holder to pota through. Drill
conditions resumed.
During the whole of exercise No.
It has been decided by Government that during the forthcoming com- bined manoeuvres from 10 pa. on November 21 to the morning of November 28, a series of "blackout" exerclacs will also be held in the Colony and certain Air Raid Pre- caution services will be tested.
The first "blackout" exercise will commence at 0.15 p.m. on November 24 and will end at 11.16 the same night.
The
second "blackout" exercise will consist of two parts described as Phase I and Phase II. The total duration of the whole of this exercise will be approximately one hour, and wil commence at any time during the dark hours between November 25 and 27.
For the purpose of these exercises
to indicate the commencement of sulution." there wi br "precautionary exercise No. 2 should commence period" commencing at 10 p.m. on automatically as soon as the "alr the night of November 21 and ending | waid warning" is either seen or heard (0) By using low-powered blue at midnight on November 23. This by any of the methods indicated or black coloured globes. period will be followed immediately above." by an air raid warning period which stay at until the night of Novem- ber 27.
small hole, say 'Inches in diameter 2 (phases I and II) all other froms of the bottom of the can to allow public and private lighting are tought to pass through and give the email amount of Illumination needed, remain either
すば extinguished
and place the bulbs or globe which obscured.
has already been fixed to the lamp Sounding of Alarm Signals--t holder into the can. The cover of would be greatly appreciated if the the can, can then be secured to the Naval authorities, shipping com-ean body by means of adhesive tape. panles and owners of factories would it is advisable to protect the flexible issue instructions to those concerned wire where it goes through the ran to the effect that the sounding of cover by a turn or two of adhesive ships sirens etc. and factory hosters tope to prevent abrasion of the info
Objects of Exetests
The objects sought in the tests are: to ascertain the degree of dark- በነ ር ሀፉ which can be obtained: the speed with which all lights in the Colony can either be extinguished or
A.R.P obscured; to exercise eerlin servlets under
restricted Eghting conditions; and to obtain observation reports from aircraft on the efficiency of the Colony'a darkening arrange
ments.
"The following particulars of Exercise No. 1 are announced:
(3) Date and time-November 24
.15 pm. (1) Air Raid Alarm.-No air raid alarm
will be Founded for this exercire, and the exercise will automatically commence at 9.16 p.m.
November,
(18) Action to be taken by Heada of Departments and by the General
ablies Extinguish all illuminated ad- vertisements and signs,
Ext.nguish or obscure all domestic Bighting, so that no light in viable external to the building.
Extinguish all street lighting. 13linds of railway carriages to be lowered,
Shipping in or entering the har- bour to darken ship.
Extinguish headlights and internal lights of all mator vehicles and other
rickshaws and leyes.
and
be
of
Special Globes
(iv)By shading with curtains or 11 will be observed that the main heavy material all windows, sky- difference between these two separate lights, glass doors or any exterior "blackouts" are that in the first openings in parts of the house etc. "blackout" (Excreise No. 1) the date where lights are likely to be used
By after dark. and time
of the commencement exerche
(v) Headlights of all the
transport known beforehand, and
trafike
muy con- vehicles should be turned out and that lights all remaining lights covered withi tinue running provided
with two thickneses of blue materiat. In accordance are dimmed
while
It for the second Exercise No. 2) no date or time of the commencement of the exercise will be promulgated before hand, and during the second phase
the extreise all types of traffic other than those authorised by the Military, Naval, Air Force, Fire, Police. Air Raid "Precautions and Medient Services will ecase to run.
General Information
tions.
Major, Op.22.
2.02 Beethoven-Sonata In B.Fial
ayed by Artur Schnabel (Piano).
Sea Shantics
The Sailor Likes His Bottle-0; Run (arr. Terry); One More Day: On The Banks Of Seramento (arr. Har- ris); A Dollar And A Half A Day: The Hog's Eye Man (arr. Terry)......... John Goss (Baritone) and Cathedral Male Voice Quartet.
Orchestra; 2. (a) Deirdre's Farewell to Scotland ("Songs of the Hebrides") (Arr. Kennedy-Fraser); (b) Sith no more, Ladies (Frederick Keel); (e) 0, Men From the Fields (Herbert Hughes)....Helen Lock- hart (Contralto).
A 17-year-old youth, Wong She-to, was also charged before Mr. Forrest yesterday with snatching a pair of gold earrings from a married woman 1.40 Studio-Z.B.W. Orchestra in named Chan Lin-chi at Queen's Read an English Programme with Helen West near Sutherland Street on Tues-Lockhart (Centralto). day. The woman was walking alung the road, carrying a child, when Wong came from behind and snatched the tings from her ears. She shouted and pursued Wong, who was arrested by Indian police-sergeant B100, who heard her cries and took up the chose. Wong was remanded for 48 hours ascertain his fitness for a canting. Wong Wah, 22, unemployed, was charged before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy yesterday with the theft of a gold earring from Kwan Yang, at Hollywood Road, near the Chinese Recreation ground.
Wong was remanded for 48 hours to ascertain whether he would be at for caning. When arrested, he had $2.80 in his possession, and was or- dered to pay this cum of money to the complainant as corapensation.
8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
8.03 Studio Z... Orchestra in an English Programme with Helen Lockhart (Contralto).
quest:
3. Orchestra; 4. (a) Ships of Arcady (Michatl Head)-By Re- Funny Fellow (b) A (Michael Head); (c) Night-Fall ut Sea (Montague Phillips)....Helen Lockhart (Contralto); 5. Orchestra.
8.30 London Relay-At The Black Dog'.
Reynolds,
arr.
Mr. Wilkes at home in his own Presented by S. E. and Pascoe Thornton, 0.0 Military Band Music. Mirell-Overture (Gounod,
.The B.B.C. Wireless Military and cond. by B. Walton O'Donnell Hyde Park Suite (Jalo- wicz); (a) Sunday Morning Church Parade; (b) Rotten Row: (e) Un the the Serpenting; (d) Around
Band of Bandstand....Itegimental I. M. Grenadier Guards cond. by Capt. George Mile.
very desirable to remove the FOUNTAIN PENS SOUGHT O'Donnell). globes of all electric lights which it is not proposed to use during the "blackout" to es to avoid the-pas- sibility of them being turned on by mistake.
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The best place fur shaded lights is in the corner of a room, as in this position the walks of the generally help to obscure the light All sided lights should be so fixed that the beany of light points vertical- The objeels of the "precautionary by onto the floor, In order to avoid period" are to enable all conerned to a reflection of the light from the prepare the necessary plans 1 door, is important that the beam dariten their premises, grounds and if light should fall on some dark transport vehicles so that they will and non-shiny surface. be ready at any time during the "air raid warning" perd to curry their darkening plans into effect with the munamum of
delay
I elcetrle torches are used the
Snatchers Operate in The
Same Place
Within 15 minutes. two cases of fountain pers being snatched occur- red at the same place on Tuesday, which two Chinese were arrested and shortly after 2 pm, as a result of charged before Mr. I. Edwards of the Central Magistracy yesterday,
The defendants were Wong Ki, 20, and L Hung, 27, both unemployed. They snatched pens from Mr. Wilfred Wooding, of the Astotle Perleum Co., and Mr. Kwok Ying-kj, a South China side the China Emporium. Athletic Association footballer, out-
be envered with at globe: should
last two thicknesses of dark blue tissue paper or dark cloth and when in use should be a handled that the be of light is thrown vertically downwards.
Wong was sentenced to six months'
9.15 London Relay-World M- faire.
A talk by J. L. Brierly, o.a.E., Chichele Professor of International Law in the University of Oxford,
9,30 London Relay-The News. 9.50 Tchaikowsky Symphony No. 3 and other
compositions. 1812
The Band Overture. Guard
cond.
by
H. M. Coldstream Licut, R. G. Evans: Symphony No. 3 In E Minor, Op. 69....New Sym-
Sir Ian- phony Orchestra cond. don Ronald:
*Jeanne
Arc-Fare- well, Ye Mountains....Marla Jeri
Orchestra: (Soprano) with
The "Sleeping Beauty"-Waltz....Royal Garden. Orchestra, Covent Guest Conductor-Dr. Malcolm Sar- Onegin"Waltz.... Rent: "Eugen
Opera Oreliestra, Covent Garden. Goossens.
11.0 Close down.
that under this It is suggested heading the following action might
hard labour, while Li way sentenced | well be taken:
to nine months hard labour, as he Preparation of the lighting restric-
Should the head of the house he had a previous conviction. plans it
it is proposed to adopt for absent from home when the "air
Lai Yuen,
24, unemployed, was ete ensure that al the premises
sounded, ensure members of the household and the raid warning" s
that the whole of the family and the charged before Mr. Rt. Edwards yes-pe domestic staff are conversant with
the theft of a fountain terday with these
domestic staff are thoroughly cun- all external plans; remove
pen from Chiu Lal-kun, at Queen's and illuminat-
areant with (a) the different typestoad Central, near Wing On Street, Royal
nir raid signs, and any other fights which will be used, and (b) the general hard labour, and to be placed under warning signals which. Lai was sentenced to nine months' cannot be extinguished inmediately scheme of lighting restrictions which police supervision for two years. He obtain a stock of dark bine cloth the head of the house proposes tod a previous conviction.
dack Ussue paper etc. and cut put into force.
types of transport, including advertisement
Dim the side and rear lights of all vehicular traffle with two thicknesser
of dark blue cloth.
(1) Termination of Exercise No.
Station
**
into the required size: und
Public Buildings
to inform Wiose
and
up 1--11,15 p.m., November 24,
Note-tailway
shapes; place dark curtains in such signal a pos
position that they can be lowered
business It is suggested that In Ughts and navigation Hights, both without
that delay; ensure
Westablishments, but any
hotels, theatres, shipping and alreraft, must remain electric torches are in working order;
cinemas, etc. when the "air raid alight.
prepare material for darkening motor warning" is sounded, the managers In the interval between No. 1 and cars, cycles, rickshaws etc.; put you of such establishments will take the No. 2
2 exercises, lighting restrictions) lighting restriction scheme into forge will not be enforced, but it would be for a trial run and remedy faults, necessary action
who people
may be within the unwise for the community to relax if
any.
butidings. lighting restrictions to any great It is hoped that during this period extent as it must be remembered that alt concerned will
I should be noted that the private to again restrict lighting for exercise the arrangements they will have to during the practice "blackout" and the community will be called uponingenuity and endeavour to think out supplies of electricity and gas will not be discontinued or curtailed
make in order to solve the very
therefore responsibility for "darken- mportant, problem of
ing"
will rest on every individual Exercise No. 2. consists of two their premises in the shortest possible-having under his control any form of phases.
lighting. () First phase, date and time.
It is quite possible that in some Will not be made public.
(1) Period of first phase-Thirty It is vital that in time of war isolated cases the "air raid warning"
signals may netther be seen nor!
No. 2.
Second Exercise
over the wireless,
of
lighting will
The switching off of street Sounding of railway whistles.
an interval of two minutes.
use their
perlod of time.
Hostile Atrerat
own
darkening
look-out is
LOSSES ON TRAMS
Pickpocket Sent to Prison For Three Months
of a broker named Fung Chak, 35, and to have stolen 15 cents from him, 27-year-old unemployed man, Ru
agistracy yesterday afternoon. pig-ham, appeared on remanul before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central
Guest Conduclar-Eugene
Cheung Yau, Lo Kwai-chung satd was travelling on a tramcar on Gelober 18 from Wanchal to town, and on gelling off near the Sincere Co
discovered his pocket-book
Не missing.
not
at the time hnd
the loss to the made a report of
the 1958 pollee, as the book was only worth $1. Lo identified the pocket-book his. that the which was produced in Court
Air. Botciho submitted defendant had no ense to answer on the first charge. There was no evi- dence that defendant had ever bren la possession of the 15 cents. That the defendant had taken the money of was merely suspicion on the part the complainant, he said. Authori ties were referred to in support of the arguments. There was also no evidence to support the second and Mr. Forrest agreed with Mr. Botelho
regarding the second and tramcar monthly third counts, saying that there was a possibility of the defendant having come into possession of the pocket- book honestly. He therefore dis- missed these charges,
Io pleaded not guilty to the charge through his solicitor, Mr. H. A. de B. Botelho, while Detective-Sergeant J. R. Bentley prosecuted.
Ho was also charged with theft of a pocket-book from Lo Kwal-chung, 38,
the deter
hostile aircraft should not see the beard, but it a che verlod" clerk, on board a tramear on Geto-hird charges, he submitted.
their
Following
are
the conclusions
pocket-book.
charges were
no evidence to prove them.
minutes.
(111) Air Raid Alarin.--The sound-lights of a town at night. The aim kept during the ing of ships' sirens and of hooters in should be to try and obtain a com- possession of private factories. plete "blackout" of the Colony with- to see if the street lighting has been ber 18; receiving stolen property, rivate electric gain public and in three minutes of the sounding of extinguished or neighbouring houses namely, the porket book; unlawful
are in darkness, it should be assumed possession of a be the "fr mid warning." Our object that the alarm has been sounded, and leket; and unlawful possession of a
These vely reduced and increased should be to ensure that as for us is therefore immediate action should be subsequently dismissed, as there was alternatively aver the period of one minute. practicable, hostile aircraft pussing taken to darken premises,
An announcement Immediately over the Colony at night would see
Defendant, giving testimony, denied prior to the "blackout" will be made no lights which might serve to guide drawn from the last "blackout": Fung Chak stated in evidence that he had ever put his hand Into Fung's
them to u particular objective or
The darkening of houses by using he was travelling from town to Wan-pocket, or had taken his money. He them to determine assist
red
was merely travelling home on the material is not effective and chal on the afternoon of October 22 position.
dark blue material should be used a board a tramcar, when he sud- tram, sitting behind Fung, when the The firing of maroons from Police It is not proposed to pass any instead.
denly felt a tug at his right-hand Stations in the New Territories. special legislation in regard to the
of picking Muny motor vehicles both in Hong-pocket, which contained a packet of latter suddenly accused him of pocket (iv) Action to be taken by Heads restriction of lighting.. but to place kong, Kowloon and the New Ter-cigarettes and.15 cents, near cow a Questioned as to his means, defen-
Departments and
the general reliance on the general public to doritories falled to observe the lighting Road. He locked down, and saw a dant soid his father owned a book- public
s previously set out.
their utmost to darken the buildings est
ngs restrictions and it was also observed hand in the pocket, and immediately lending business, and gave him pocket (v) Termination of phase 1 of the for which they are responsible; in that certain types of motor care, shouted out. The hand, which be money from his earnings. He travel- exercise. The switching on of street fact the public is sked to co-
attempted to the tram because he possessed a lighting which will remain alight for operate whole-heartedly, with the specully V8 models, live licence longed to io, was withdrawn, and led In the first-class compartment of
plates canled upwards; these should Ho Jumped up, and Government in an earnest endeavour be shielded and Phase 2 of the Exercise follows to make a success of the proposed should be gold to the rear lights and vented him.
and special attention leave the tram, but compininsat pre-monthly leket,
Convicting the defendant on the the first fest.
"blackout!
rear brake lights which reflect on to He notified the tram conductor, Arst charge, Mr. Forrest said that (vi) Time of second phase-Two || The following information
whether is the number plates and the ground,
Fung in fact had 15 cents who advised him to call a policeman. minutes after the expiration of phase furnished as a guide which
Bicycle and rickshaw lights must The tram continued on to Causeway in his pocket, and whether the de-
taken fendant had I.
public is
is requested to observe!
be screened by dark blue materini. (vi) Period of second phase.— Object to attain: To darkent your Twenty minutes.
house or business premises so that (viii) Air, Rald Alarm-The tem- no lights are visible external to the of buildings and owners of premises tramway shelter, and informed the Ho at one time did have his hand in
with any skylights should porary switching on and off of street building. To screen the lights of a these apertures with curtains, or red. Defendant was left in eas want doing so, nor could he see any reason cover traffic regulator of what had occur- Fung's pocket. Ils Worship sold he
could care
no honest reason for Ho lighting.
transport vehicles so as to make
paint lie
ginsa surface with blue of the regulator while witness went (ix) Action to be taken by Heads them invisible from the nir.
paint. of Departments and the
to look for a policeman, and on find-for Fung saying defendant had put general How this object con be attained:
The pubile should keep indoors ing one, took him back to the shelter, his hand in, if Ho had not done so. public-As indicated above but all immediately the "nir raid warning and not crowd into the streets as the The policeman searched defendant, blood between the men, which could There was na evidence of any bad types of trafle will const to run a seen or heard, (n) turn out all latter must be kept free for the and then took him to Wanchai police have been a reason for the accusation. during this period, except those unnecessary lights und remove the movement of essential services, eg station.
Inspecting the defendant's criminat authorised by the Naval, Military, globes, (b) obscure the remaining the Fire Brigade. Air Force, Ale Raid Precautions, Fire, lights.
Questioned by Mr. Forrest, witness record, Mr. Forrest remarked that it Masses of people in white clothing Poller and Medical Services.
This latter can be done either: are discernible ~ from the air, and sold that after he had found defen- was a bad one, and sentenced Ho to (x) Termination of Phase II of the (i) By covering the lights with exercise. The switching on of street two layers of a dark and thick cloth therefore dark clothing should be dant's hand in his pocket, the 13 three months' hard labour. lighting.
worn by those members of the pubile cents were missing. which should be allowed to
hang whose duty takes them into the down for a distance of two feet, the streets. cloth being gathered together in the middle by n piece of string
Transport Precaution During Phase II all other forms of transport should, where applicable,
the
had to be
Several lights were visible on teps Day, where complainant and the con-
ductor escorted defendant to the proved, but there was evidence that
AIR RAID SIREN TEST
Cross-examined by Mr. Botelho witness said that before starting put that day, he had $1.30 on him, of which he had spent $1.18 before the incident. When searched, no five-
(1)y inserting the globe (if be drawn into the side of the road, electric Bight is used) in an empty A test of an air raid warning stren cent plece was found on the defen- etc.. when all lights should be ex- fruit can or tin, c.g. first take the will be carried out from Gough Hill dont. Linguished and
precaution cover of the tin or cah, cut or drill Police Station at 10 a.m. on Batur-** every taken to park vehicles, etc., in a safe a round holo approximately day, November 19.
diameter place so as to avold the possibility of inches in
to allow the
The siren will be sounded three After evidence by Yiu Lin, tram accidenta
flexible lend or wire from the lamp times, at three-minute intervals. conductor, and. Latico-Sergeant C63,-
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