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THE CHỈNA MAIL, MARCH 18, 1938.

INCENDIARY BOMBS MAY BE GIVEN PRACTICAL

TESTS IN HONG KONG SOON

That the main task confronting Air Raid Precau- tion officers was the necessity of educating ✨ householders to take the necessary steps to protect themselves, was stressed to the "China Mail' by Wing Comdr. Steele Perkins, Hong Kong's new A. R. P. officer, in an exclusive in- terview this morning.

He mentioned the possibility of practical demons- trations in the Colony of the effects of incen- diary bombing.

Wing Comdr Steele-Perkins, who the great danger lies in a direct hit arrived in the Colony yesterday, was on one of the stations. Specially retired from the Royal Air "In this event owing to the many Force in 1932 when he was appointed sewerage and water-pipes there would to the special commission of Imperial be grave danger of flooding and they Defence in London to study every as- would be virtual death-traps- pect of Air Raid Precautions. He NO ANSWER TO DIRECT HIT served in conjunction with Wing. "As I have already said, the whole Comdr. Hodsell, Inspector-General Alissne is decentralised to the house- R..P.

Tholder. He obviously can't expect to In 1935 the Government made this do anything about a direct hit but he

the into a special department under

can be afforded a great deal of pro- Home Office and local authorities were tection against blast and splinters. For asked to co-operate on a monetary instance, a brick wall 131⁄2 inches thick basis.

will keep out bomb fragments burst As time went by, the great deal offing anywhere outside a radius of 50 expense in which the local authorities feet.

were involved, resulted in them ap-1 "On the basis of one brick of 45 proaching the Government for grants- inches being equivalent to the protec in-aid, which, after a good deal of bar- tion offered by one foot of sand, any gaining, was agreed upon, Government shortcomings in the thicknesses of

MOST SENSATIONAL FLOOD SCENES EVER RECORDED! now assisting to the extent of between walls can be made up quite easily with

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STANWYCK - McCREA

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HELEN WESTLEY HUDRY EBSEN, WALTER PRENNAN - WALTER CATLETTY ANTHONY MARTIN - RATHIPINE G-MILE THE HALL OHNSON CHOIR

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The first picture of the South Seas in Technocolor.

MATINEES: 20c-30c

BRITISH EMBASSY NOT MOVING TO CHUNGKING

Chungking, To-day.

EVENINGS: 20e.-30c-50c.-70%.

It is learned here that the British

50 and 60 per cent. of the total cost. sand-bags. Two feet, six inches of

Local anothorities then set up A. sand offers adequate protection:

•

P. sub-committees in borough and ur- Wing Comdr. Steele-Perkins went ban districts and, in many cases, even on to say that a cellar or basement was in Parish Councils. In most of these the safest place, although not proof districts there is now a specially-apagainst a direct hit, and the next best pointed A. R. P. officer who is respon-was the ground floor which could eas- sible for preparing A. R. P. schemes ily be made splinter and gas proof. and co-ordinating various schemes He concluded by stressing the in- prepared by adjoining neighbours. portance of propaganda and appealed CO-ORDINATION SCHEMES to the press for their fullest co-oper- These schemes are then sent to the ation in this connection. County, who dove-tail all submitted byi the local authorities into one co-ordin- ated whole.

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As is only to be expected," contin- ued Wing Comdr. Steele-Perkins "there has been a tremendous demand for trained officers. Soon after the Establishment of the department, fused to train these men myself. 1

"I would have them in my office for about a fortnight and then send them out to learn as much as possible about

REBELS RALLY TO

FLAG ON NEW THREAT

the practical side of things Natural. The latest reports received in- ly this was a tremendously cumber-

ber

some business and now, in London,dicate that Pacifica' is still proceed- there is a special school to deal with ing with the Mobilization of the subject, known as the Air Raid Forces, says to-day's official com Officers' Training School

munique on the Combined Opera- tions.

LONDON METHODS Asked what methods were Being

adopted in London, as

precaution

Although the situation is undoub- against air raid, Wing Comdr. Steele-tedly serious every effort is being Perkins said that practically the whole made to avoid a breach of diploma- issue rested with the householder. The

LA WARR was to train people to deal THE REVOLUTION IN SO FAR

mam task tic relations.

EARL DE LA WARR HOME AGAIN

involving any of the following mis- sles:

"I must

Gas

High-Explosive and Incendiary confess that the latter

presents the greatest problem, al though it is fairly simple to deal with

London, To-day. Earl de la Warr, Lord Privy Seal, was received in audience by the King at Buckingham Palace yesterday evening on his return from attending the 150th anniver- sary celebrations of the first settle- ment of Australia. British Wiretions of the simplicity with which they

less.

News from So Far is, so far, so good,

The news of Pacifica's bellicose attitude has caused the most inter- esting repercussions in the Colony.

-The rebels are everywhere sur-

incendiary bombs with me and I hope and profess feelings of extreme loy- I have brought out several rendering to the Hong Kong troops

to be able to obtain the necessary permission to demonstrate their e-alty to the Crown. fect.

"One of the most striking illustra-

can be tackled was provided recently in England. An old two-storey house was requisitioned for the experiment.

THEFTS OF

Embassy will be maintamed CLOUSTON INs, who volunteered were given MOTOR CARS

Shanghai while maintaining touch with Chinese Goverment head quarters by means of an office in which there will be at least one Embassy Secretary.

SINGAPORE

Singapore, To-day. Flying Officer Clouston and Victor Picketts landed at Singapore at 7.54 last evening (GMT) on their re-

No effort is being made at the cord attempting fight to present time to find quarters for and New Zealand Reuter. the British Embassy in Chung-

king, but the American Embassy premises on the outskirts of the is occupying the US Naval Can- town

teen building on the south bank Other embassies are also mak- while the Song enquiries for accommodation. viet Embassy has

of the Yangis ken larger-Reuter.

instruction, the bomb was

exploded in the top floor and they en- During the last two months no tered the building and had the whole less than 3 motor cars have been thing under control in practically no| time

reported stolen or moved from their The answer is sand. A little crude parking places and except one, No. you may think, but easily the most ef-2283, stolen recently, all have been fective method we have discovered.

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