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CHILDREN'S TEARS

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PRESIDENT LINER

SAILINGS

SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES

SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA AND HONOLULU

'S S "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"

*S 5 "PRESIDENT FIERCE"

SS "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"

8 8 "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND" ·

SS "PRESIDENT TAFT"

SS "PRESIDENT PIERCE"

Omits Shanghai. ·

SAILS MAR. 11th at 4.00 p.m.

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 8, 1939.

Lady Northcote Opens Colony's Air Raid Precaution Exhibition

HONGKONG'S FIRST Air Raid Precautions Exhibition was opened

at the Peninsula Hotel at 2.30 p.m. to-day by Lady Northcote.

Siberian Furriers Store

(of Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai)

offers

The exhibition has been divided into three sections, two of Fur Coats, FUR JACKETS

which are inside the Peninsula and the third on the railway allotment opposite.

A total of thirty-three exhibits cover the entire

field of A.R.P. work.

In the interior exhibition one room contains, in addition to an Information Bureau, the following:

Full Size Window-Window is Samples. unprotected. Arrows indicate, where Small Incendiary' Bomb Samplo

of the "Kilo" Kas would penetrate.

Electron. Incendiary

Big Reduction In Deficit

LONDON, Mar. 7. WITH 27 DAYS of the

chequer returns show that the deficit has been reduced to £44,467,503.

Full Size Window-All erneks be-Bomb. Weight is approximately 2 financial year to go the Ex- tween window frame and wall sealed ibs, up, using putty or pulp made newspaper and water.

of

Cover with strong brown paper pasted over,

Cellophane to prevent collapse in case the glass is cracked.

Several layers. If possible, glued on both sides of the glass with cellulose lacquer, gum or other adhesive. The layers overlap on to

the frame.

Two layers of blanket and strong wire netting fastened to a wooden frame which is a good it against the

window.

Carpet nailed to window, ready to lower for protection against glass splinters, or for use at night, to prevent light showing outside.

Wooden frame and thumbscrews to fasten carpet in place when lowered. Full Size Door. A felt covered batten nailed to floor so that door closes against it.

Felt itted round door frame to complete gas tight Joint between door and frame.

All cracks and joints in door sealed by pasting paper strips

over

them.

Keyhole plugged and sealed, key lled la door handle,

Blanket fixed to outside of door frame by wooden battens nailed along the top, from top Goor down the hinge side and half way down the hundle side. One foot of allowed to trail on floor.

The Service Respirator,

The Civilian Duty Respirator. The Civilian Respirator, Beale Model of a First Aid Post- designed to deal with Lay-out Wounded, Contaminated Wounded of both and Contaminated persOTIS

exes.

Fall Bize Allock for large real- denos-An Airlock is a compart ment placed at the entrance to a gas-protected building or that persons may pass in and out without admitting gas.

room, BQ

Two blankets placed not less than four feet apart so that first may be opened and shut again before the second is used,

Wooden baltens nalled inside and outside of blankets to make them fit into the inclined frames,

When in use, the blankets should be kept wet.

When not in use, the blankets can be rolled up and fled at the top.

OUTDOOR EXHIBITS

Full Size Garden Trench Shelter

Last week the income tax yielded £22,008,000 compared with £17,158,- 000 the previous week, and £8,607,000 in the corresponding week of inst

Total ordinary revenue to £834,350,251 as against £792,023,- 876 a year ago.

year.

amounts

of the es-

The only serious disappointment of the budget expectations is in respect of death duties, which at £70,210,000, are £12,000,000 less than a year ago, and £18,000,000 short

mate.

Revenue from stamps is also behind at £18,820,000 against £10,410,000 at this time last year, and the esilmale of £24,000,000,

On the other hand, income tax and surtax together have brought in nearly £35,000,000 more, and cus- loms and exclse nearly £3,000,000 more than a year ago.

Total expenditure, less self-balanc-

to accommodate Six Persons. Whereing Items and sinking funds, is space is available as in a garden, a £888,080,828, ngainst £704,328,332 trench of this type provides excellent at the corresponding date of 1938. protcetlen except against direct bits.

The dealing debt outstanding is In order that the trench shall be clear £002,080,000," лет Increase of of any chance of being buried under £80,305,000 since the beginning of wreckage, it should be at least 20 ft. the financial year.-British Wireless. from a building.

to how the Full particulars as blanket Trench can be constructed will be Full Size Window. A wall of given, an request, by the qualined

instructor. sandags or boxes flied with earth,

Models of Shelters displayed by sand, broken stone, coal, etc., bullt round window opening and over-Messrs. Warren & Co., Ltd Inpping it for at least one foot in each direction,

Splinter protection is afforded if the wall in of minimum thickness 2

feet 4 inches.

(a) Trenches forment of sheel Iron with Gas-light doors emergency exit at top. (b) Shelter in pre-cost contrele

materials and thicknesses to provide from a 500-16. Domb bursting not less than 60 feet away:

protection against Blast and Splinters

(a) 2 ft. 8 ins, solld earth or sand

in bags.

14 in. of brickwork, set in cement mortar.

2 ft. 6 ins, rubble or earth contained between sheets of corrugated iron.

(b)

and

(c)

12 in. of reinforced concrete,

Typical Chinese Tenement Block.-

with suitable entrance and exit arranged to chable n family to enter and quickly.

(d)

leave

One half is unprotected.

(c)

lic

In example, protection is given by boxes filled with sandi.

The other half, demonstrates methods employed to protect against splinters, blast and gas.

A Retuge Room has been con- structed on one floor to provide shelter for all the tenants in that section.

Method of sealing Door After the Family is Inside-Door locked and

tied key

handle. Keyhole plugged.

to

All joints and cracks in door und between door, frame and floor, sealed by pasting over with strips of strong paper.

Model of Trench for Occupants of

Shelter in flat pre-cast con-

COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS Rexform Fire Extinguishers dis-

Co..

crete slabs protected by sand-ployed by Messrs. A. W. Turner & bags, corl and brush wood. dours and (d) Two types of

ventilator appliances. (e) Sand Container.

(t) Long-handled Scoop. () Hand Stirrup Pump. Four Types of Wall Showing

Special ARP. electric bulbs, ex- hibited by Messrs. The General Electric Co. of China Ltd., and by Messrs. Anderson, Meyer & Co.

Models of Shelters as displayed by Messrs. Warren & Co., Ltd.

HONGKONG AHOY!

(Continued from Page 6)

¡orchestral concerts real old- time Sea Shanties sung by the fare dancing on the After Deck ship's crew; the boarding of

a Private House. A trench has been ow. Small tables surround the Neptune's Herald, an awesome, constructed in the garden of n-private dance floor where happy groups wet, seaweedy creature who house to provide shelter for the or-sip cool drinks between dances comes up from the Briny Deep cupants in case of an Air Raid.

Model of Shelter Trench System.

A zig zag trench system designed to Hive Air Raid protection to the cm- ployees of a Factory.

How to choose a Refuge Room. Domestle Fire Fighting Appliances,

* *

++

At the "Crossing the Equator" Ceremonies the crew, dressed in

MY! HOW the miles--and the weird costumes and headed by Our first an impressive Neptune and his Costume Ball was a jolly affair, "lovely" wife, have a field day

days slip by.

(a) A.R.P. Appliances and (b) with a gay medley of costumes when cruise members are lather- Rexfoam Fire Extinguishers display-1-Sheik in turban and burnoose, ed, shaved, and dumped uncere-

vendors selling beads and car-moniously into the pool. -

ed by Messrs. A. W. Turner & Co.

are

fully

Then there is a Mermaid Bail, A Typical Gas-protected Room.- This room has been mos-proofed in Pets, Nautch girls in flowing the approved manner, equipped and skirts, Hindu ladies in glorious at which time the ladies do the prepared for use as a Refuge Room in saris, pirates in hip boots and choosing and the men have to Ume of emergency.

gleaming swords, cowboya in wait to be asked to dance. And Methods of protection

ten-gallon hats, Snowwhite and do the girls come into their own indicated by notices inside From.

Things to Collect for the Refuge the Seven Dwarfs, a high execu-on that night! Room String, scissors, hammer and tioner complete with axe, devils, The Country Fair, held on the nails, gummed paper and adhesive monkeys, court Indies, wooden Tennis Court is very gay, with tape, pot of paste or gun, a soldiers, velled ladies, flower coconut shys, costera fortune tel- cellophane, brown paper and news- paper, electrle torches, needles and sellers, and dozens of other novel lers, hoopla, and so forth making thread, tins or jars with air tight lids, costumes appeared to advantage the court look like an old-time for storing food, bottles for storing drinking water, box of First A on the gayly decorated Tennis Fair Ground. An eagerly await- supplies, clean rugs, bottle of disin-Court over which a golden moon ed event is the White Elephant Sale when all those treasures we fectant, pair of dark blue glasses shone softly. (non-inflammable),

Protective Clothing.The Heavy

It is impossible to give a de-bought at various ports and now Anti-Gas Clothing is worn by per-tailed description of all the decide we can live without are sonnel who may be required to carry events held aboard but we must sold to the highest bidder. What out their duties in the highest con-mention an amusing affair called a sale! Girls acting as the centrations of vapour or in liquid an Elephant Dinner (With the "horses" add a spice to the. Blister Gas, e.g. Decontamination elephants used for decoration Caribbean Derby, with heavy Squads.

The Light Anti-Gas Clothing is and not for steaks) which, betting of sometimes hundreds worn by personnel not likely to be brought out much talent among of dollars on the favourite. On working for long in heavy concen- MAR. 25th at 4.00 p.m. trations of gus, but who may require cruise members. They trans- St. George's Day everyone wore APR. 8th at 8,00 a.m. protection from both liquid and formed their tables in the dining the traditioned rose, English APT. 21st at 0.00 4.1. vapour, e.g. Air Raid Wardens.

saloon into Jungle scenes, cir-airs are played and the famous. SAILS. MAY 5th at 8.00 a.m.

The Family prepare their Refure cusses, parades, and so forth-so roast beef of Old England forms Model of a Chinese House One cloverly done that the judges the main course at the special A special dinner was has been protected against had a hard time deciding on the dinner. blast, splinters and gas and has been winners.

held for George Washington's equipped for use as on Air Raid

Birthday, with appropriate de- Warden's Post,

corations and favoure.

MAY 19th at 0.00 a.mt.

And fortnightly thereafter. NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA SUEZ

SAILS

5 5 "PRESIDENT GARFIELD"

SS "PRESIDENT MONROE"

*

And fortnightly thereafter.

S S. "PRESIDENT GARFIELD"

8 8. "PRESIDENT PIERCE" ·

8 5 "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"

AS "PRESIDENT TAFT**

MANILA'

MAR. 17th at 12.00 Noun MAR. 29th at 9,00 p.m.

Boom.

room

THOUSANDS OF miles have been covered since we left New York.

Series of Pictures Mustrating the Duties of an Air Raid Warden.

Effect on a House of various sixed- Bombs bursling 50 feet away.

Various Devices for Dimining House Lighting, including shade

7

There are a thousand more things to tell of but we must stop sometimé, and we are com- Many are the ports we haveing to the end of our cruise.

made from an old tin, shade made visited, where we have seen Yes, days pass quicklyovery- from a piece of dark blue cloth, and things it is hard to believe exist, where but aboard the Empress special ARP. electric bulbs, exhibit at 8,00 p

cil by Messrs. The General Electric but best of all we have made of Britain we can truthfully say Co. of China Ltd., and by Mestre, hosts of friends, Anderson Meyer & Co.

·SAILS MAR. 17th at 12.00 Noor

MAR.. 18th MAR. 31st at 9.00 APR. 14th at 0.00

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