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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 12, 1938.
PRECAUTIONS RAIDS
AIR
Britain Instruction Centre: Intensive Training
Easingwold, near York. They harm unless it touches clothing or, to give trained
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Given Instruction
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wea of fire. owing to warm
assistance in case
Respirators In School A pamphlet issued by the Board The 20,000,000 respirators al- ready stored for issue at any sign of Education deals with the eva- of an attack are tinned in nitrogen cuation of school children from the to preserve indefinitely their rub-towns to the country.
But first, states the circular, "all ber face masks. The snout con- taining the decontaminating chem-school children will be provided by the Government, in emergency, with icals will prove efficacious for many
respirators which they will carry hours.
with them to and from school." For psychological reasons, however, nothing in the nature of air raid drill should be undertaken, they ad- vise.
Representatives of local authori- ties, public utility companies, police and fire brigades pass through in a constant stream, and return to their own localities to train civilians at THE AIR RAIDS PRECAU-their local instruction centres.
Business chiefs running large TIONS DEPARTMENT OF THE HOME OFFICE IS BECOMING |factories are. sending representa- AN EMPIRE CLEARING tives who, after training, can rùn
Any firés resulting from thermite HOUSE
INFORMATION the factories' air raids precautions and magnesium incendiary bombs AND ADVICE ON ALL MAT- departments.
can best be dealt with by house- CIVIL CONCERNING
The Home Secretary, Sir John "TERS
holders, according to the experts, PRECAUTIONS AGAINST AIR Simon, recently announced his de-
by the use of the much derided buc- RAIDS.
cision to grant financial aid
toket of sand, unless a high pressure -Through the Dominions and public utility and commercial com-jet of water is available.
extrá ex- Colonial Offices men from all over panies who will incur
special the Empire are being sent to the penditure owing to their instruction centres and gas schools rèsponsibilities in case of raids. organised by Wing Commander For example, certain duplicate of Hodsoll, chief of the Air Raids extra machines of equipment might Precautions Department..
be necessary to ensure essential Recently men from India, Pales-supplies of electricity, gas or water West Indies, Australia, so that the civilian population tine, the the African Colonies, Aden, Shang- should not be benumbed by partial
Singapore have been destruction of
centre. hai, and
a supply
considers that through full instruction courses, or The Government have threshed out their local such extra cost should be a national problems with the department's burden.' experts.
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They will return to set up their
centres instruction
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Three Main Risks
Air raid wardens, now being or- ganised, will be available in prac- tically every street in every town
THE
The three main risks with which D
ex-
under the Department would have to deal instructors trained in England.
are those arising from high Apart from these envoys of Em-plosive bombs, incendiary bombs, pire, every policeman in the coun-and gas. try has been trained to deal with All forms of potential war gases emergencies arising out of an air are considered and a technique of raid.
counter measures has been worked out. The two persistent gases, St. mustard and Lewisite, as the main each ones to be considered, and trainee is given practical as well as theoretical instruction in coping with them.
ANTI-GAS SCHOOLS
Cross, Including the Red John Ambulance, and its Scottish equivalent, some 200,000 people have already been taught up-to-date anti-gas measures,
Two schools are in operation: Many are surprised to find that One near Bristol, which has been 'mustard gas, is really a heavy oil training people since April, 1936, 'and learn that it is easily washed little and will do and a new one recently opened at down a drain
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WEEKLY.
Dep: SUN WED; FRI. Singapore at 5.45 a.m.
Penang
Bangkok
at 9,00a.m. at 1.30 p.m.
Through Fares On Application. Reduction For Govt.
Officials
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From school children to gas and water supplies for large cities is a far cry, but every kind of précau- tionary measure in between is the daily thought of Cmdr. Hodsell and his experts.
WORLD GOES BY By "ULYSSES"
right, and
fear no man. Don't write, and fear no
woman.
by "The Daily Telegraph.”
The knowledge that no ammuni- tion exists for the weapon or has century been procurable in this does not interfere with the resolute An American Senator says that and inscrutable processes of the his good health is due to a daily law.
on the floor.
The Many people roll prefer toast on the table.
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Fish that bark like dogs have been discovered by an explorer. As a burglar alarm one of these would put the more conventional goldfish completely in the shade.
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Practically everything nowadays is canned for the housewife, says a cookery expert. Even, on occa sions, her husband.
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Politeness is like an air cushion. There's nothing in it, but it eases the jolts wonderfully.
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Editor of **The Daily Telegraph" and "Morning Post" has therefore once more become a li- censed gurman;
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LESSON SERMON
Subject:-"Soul”
The subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, to- morrow February 13th will be "Soul."
The Golden Text will be "My Soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall re- joice in his salvation." (Ps. 85: 9).
Among others the following citations will be read from the Bible, "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. When wisdom entereth into thine heart and knowledge is pleasant. unto thy soul; discretion shall preserve thee, un- derstanding shall keep thee: to deliver A strap-hanger, talking of statis-thee from the way of the evil man, tics to a fellow sufferer, said: "Do from the man than speaketh forward
realise you
time that every
Tthings. For the Word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any breathe, someone dies?" The other two-edged sword, piercing even to the man said: "Have you ever tried dividing asunder of soul and spirit and cloves?"
of the joints and marrow and is a dis- comer of the Thoughts and intents of the heart. In your patience possess ye your souls. (Prov. 1 and 2. Heb and Luke 21.)
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Never run after~r woman, Star Ferry or an insurance agent.
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Someone added "friends" to epitaph on a tombstone. It had read: "He did his best."
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The following citations will also be read from the Christian Science Text- book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. "When understanding changes the standpoints of life and intelligence from a material to a spiritual basis, we shall gain the reality of life, the Con- trol of Soul over sense and we shall perceive Christianity or Truth in its Divine Principle. This must be the The London "Daily Telegraph" climax before harmonious and immor writes: the Editor, has received a tal man is obtained and his capabilities.
It is highly important-in disciplinary visit from the police, revealed. This was not, however, for any of view of the immense work to be accom- plished before this recognition of Di- the purposes for which police are vine Science can come to turn our accustomed to call upon editors in thoughts towards Divine Principle; that certain countries in Europe.
finite belief may be prepared to relin- It was merely a friendly New quish its error If we have triumphed sufficiently over the errors of material Year visit to remind him to renew sense to allow Soul to hold the control, the permit for H. M. Stanley's pia- we shall loathe sin and rebuke it under tol, which accompanied the explorer every mask. Only in this way can we bless our enemies though they may not on his expedition to find Living- so construe our words. Man, in hars stone. The weapon has for many monious when governed by Soul. Herce years hung in the library of this the importance of understanding the paper as a memento of the explorer truth of being, which reveals the
of spiritual existence, (Pages financed 273:). whose adventures were
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