1941-02-12 — Page 41

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 12, 1941.

BRITAIN DEVELOPS AIR RAID SHELTER

FOR

INSIDE HOUSE

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT have suc-

ceeded in achieving a satisfactory design for ITALIAN

London home shelters and are to make a free

issue in certain areas to people with incomes POSITION below £350 a year. A proportion of such

shelters will be on sale.

Announcing this in the Commons yester- day, the Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security, Mr. Herbert Morrison, said "The course of events in the past few months has given strong emphasis to the advantages of shelter in the home.

It achieves not only a degree of; safety, but warmth and dryness | and avoidance of the dislocation of the family Experience of the effect of bombing has shown that houses afford more protection

indoors protection

than was at one time supposed. We have, therefore, turned to the question of designing a shelter suitable for installation which should afford against the consequences of being pinned under the debris of a house brought down by a buib explod- ing near it

RESCUE OF

YOUNG

GIRL

THAT YOUNG GIRLS ARE Mr. Morrison said that the shel- PURCHASED BY BROTHEL ter decided upon was designed for| installation on the lowest floor AND KEPT UNTIL THEY of a house of two or three storeys and would accommodate two adults and one older child or two younger children.

Priority Areas

It would not be practicable in the early stage of distribution to cover anything like the whole country and he had, accordingly in consultation with Regional Commissioners. selected a ber of areas to which priority would be given,

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In answer to a question, Mr. Morrison said that the new indoor shelters were not yet in production but would be by the end of March. He added that while the income limit for free distribution of shel-} ters was formerly £250, it had been decided to increase it to

£350.

Can Be Used As A

Table

STORMED

A communique issued from General de Gaulle's headquarters in London states: "Our forces from Chad, supported by our air force, are continuing their successful operations in Southern Libya.

A motorised column under the command of Colonel Leclerc has gained ground by taking several positions in the Koufrø area.

After a very successful bombing rad carried out by our squadrons, in which they destroyed important objectives and numerous aero- planes on the ground, the Italian posit on was stormed. The enemy suffered heavy losses in men and material. Our operations are still progressing satisfactorily."

KEEPERS IN THE COLONY Koutra in an important military REACH THE AGE OF PUBERTY, Italian communications in Libya position of the first importance for WAS ALLEGED BEFORE MR. Kand Abyssinia. Six hundred miles M. A. BARNETT THIS

MORN-

of desert separate Koufra from ING WHEN CHEUNG WUN, 53, the Chad frontier and the desert WIDOW, OF NO. 53, RECLAMA- in this part of the Sahara is most TION STREET, WAS CHARGED | difficult for operations.--British WITH HARBOURING A 16- Wireless. YEAR-OLD GIRL BETWEEN OCTOBER 29 LAST AND THE FEBRUARY 11 WITHOUT

CONSENT OF HER FATHER.

Accused, who pleaded guilty, and who admitted she bought the girl for prostitution, was fined $250 or four months' hard labour.

Inspector Moreton, of the S.C.A., said the girl was brought down from Canton in October last by a woman, who had not been traced, and sold for $90.

After the transaction, accused warned the girl that she must later practise prostitution.

The girl's father, upon being informed of her disappearance from Canton, had reported to the police and enabled the rescue of

| his daughter from the house while

Describing the Government's She was still intact. new home shelters in a broadcast, Miss Ellen Wilkinson, Joint Par- liamentary Secretary to the Min- istry of Home Security, said: "Our experts have produced a streng steel structure for inside the house. You can use it as a table for meals or work. so that the whole room Is not put out of

action,

At right screens nock on to the rides. There is the added protection of the hours walls, a steel top to support debris and a means of escape through detachable ends and sides.

The table shelter has been so designed that householders can

BASUTOLAND COMMISSIONER

The Dominions Secretary an- nounces that Sir Edward Harding has been appointed H.M. High Commissioner for Basutoland Protectorate and Swaziland, British Wireless,

GOERING HOLDS

HIS HORDES OFF

put it together themselves with Regarding enemy air activity a sparner and a hammer im-over Britain yesterday, an official portant because there is no la communique statęs: "There is no- bour to spare for erecting.” thing to report."—British

less.

Miss Wilkinson added that the shelters could only be produced to the extent of hálf of the steel allotted by the production execu...”. tive.

Regarding big shelters, she gave as her opinion that the worst problems in this connection were British Wireless.

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ATTEMPT TO ROB

"A STATUE

An - attempt to remove the bronze plate on a Royal statue af Statue Square was made early this morning.

Wire-

CALCUTTA VICTORY

“HOLIDAY =>

In celebration of the fall of] Benghazi, schools and colleges in Calcatta will take a holiday to- day. Reuter.

INDIA'S BUDGET ~~The Budget Session of the Cen«}< tral Assembly opened vesterday | in New Delhi. Reuter.

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"The British War Organisation Fund wishes to thank the Mid-

A Chinese constable on patrol dlesex Regiment for their dona- this morning found that three of|tion of $1,000 collected by all the four screws had been removed. Ranks."