1939-05-15 — Page 29

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 15, 1939.

DONALD DUCK

Cage 3739, Willi Deney Productorate

World Riches Read

RPORATION OF LONDON

SING

This is the second of a series of articles on Air Raid Precautions in Hongkong, which are to be published daily in the "Hongkong Telegraph". The series commenced on Saturday, and will continue throughout the week.

A.R.P-THESE

YOU

If air raids ever came to this Colony, every home should have a refuge specially prepared in which the whole household could take cover. Every shop and office, or other place of work or business, would require a place similarly prepared for those engaged on the premises.

Every householder, or head of a family or business, should learn now how to protect, in war-time, his own people and home from the effects of explosive bombs, Incendiary bombs, and polson

This apps.

chiefly to those who

live. In large centres of population.. In more remote districts the dangers would no doubt be less though the need for protection and precautions would still exist.

of

All the precautions recommended in this book are useful. Most them can be adapted to some extent by everyone. The essential things cost tle to do, and some of the more elaborate ones you will find you can do quite easily, either yourself or by combining with a neighbour, if you decide to begin NOW, and take your time.

Do not hesitate to ask for advice If you need it. A local air raid pre- cautions organisation hus been established in your district an air rald wardens have been appointed to help you. For any help you need, apply to your warden or to the Air Raid Precaution Officer.

WHAT TO DO NOW The whole of this book is con- cerned with how to counter the danger of air attack. It is divided into sections so that you can turn quickly to any part and find out

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In the preface to the A.K.P. Handbook issued in Hongkong, ILE. the Governor states:

"When this book was issued contained to Great Britain 'it

A preface, written by the Iome Secretary, which rản lows:

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* this country were ever at war the target of the curmy's bombers would be the staunch- ness of the people nt home. We all hope and work to pre-. vent war but, while there is risk of it, we cannot afford to neglect the duty of preparing ourselves and the country for such an emergency.

"Tise Home Office is work. ing with the local authorities in preparing schemes for the pro- tection of the civil population during an attack. But it is im- possible to devise a scheme that

ARE

DO

THINGS

NOW

will cover each home and family play their part in doing what they can for themselves. In this duty to themselves they musi count upon the help and advice of hose who have undertaken the daly

of advice and instruction, If the emergency comes the country will look for her safety not only to her sailors and soldiers and airmen, but also to the

organised courage and fore- aight of every house

household. It is for the volunteers in this air raid precautions services to help every household for this pur pose, and in sending out...this book I ask for their help.'

everybody unless

gir Smauel Hoare's words apply so closely to this Colony that I can do no better than endorse them and urge the study of what this book con- tains."

How To Take Care Of Your Respirator

Take great care of It, and when not in use always keep it in its box, In a cool place.

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TO-DAY'S RADIO

ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles)

8.0 Time, Weather and Announce-

8.03 Bon by Luigi Fart and Kuth Etting.

Radio Programme Broadcast by "The Club of Queer Trades” ments. ZBW on a Frequency of 845 k.c's.. And Other Relays

It's Swell Of You (from "Wake Up DVORAK SYMPHONY NO. And Live'); There's A Lull In My Life (from Woke Up and Live')....

and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's. рет second.

HIT.

Robinson and

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12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service denne) with Ted Shapiro and His Ruth Etting: Ideale (Tosti); Si Vous of Intercession from St. John's Orchestra; Broken-Hearted Clown-L'Avicz Compris-Melodie (Deurn) Cathedral,

Slow Fox-Trot; Why Can't We Make .Luigi Fori (Tenor) with Orch. 12,30 Patricia Rosborough Love--Fux-Trot....Harry Roy and

8.15 London

Relay Cricket- (Piano)

Cleaver

West His Orchestra: Away Down South M.C.C. V.

Indies, (Organ).

In Heaven (Green and Warren); A commentary during the second Dizzy Fingers (Confrey); Man-Is He The Boy. Friend? (Yellen and day's play by Howard Marshall from haitan Music Box-Selection. Ager)....Sophie

Tucker (Come Lord's Cricket Ground, London. Patricio Russborough (Piano); Mag-dienne) with Ted Shapiro and His 8.30 Deanna Durbin (Vocal) and yar Melody Selection; Farls Honey Orchestra, The Sheep Were In The Marek Weber and His Orchestra moon-Selection.... H. Robinson Meadow-Fox-Trot (from Going Sull As The Night (Bohm, arr. Cleaver (Organ) and Patricia Ross-Greek)

Greek)....Harry Roy und His Or- Benedict); None But The Weary borough (Piano); Snow White And chestra: A Little Bit Of Madeira Heart (Tchaikovsky,

arr. Benedict) The Seven Dwarfs Selection (Morey (Algy

(Algy Marc)....Vine, More

Marck Weber und His Orchestra, and Churchill): Sailing Along Nevard (Comedians with Piano); A La Traviata (Verdi)-Libiamo, Selection.. .Patricia Rossborough

Little Co-Operation From You--Fox-liblamo ne' lleti callel; It's Raining (Piano); Carefree Selection....H. Tro

Trot (from 'Going Greek)....Harry Sunbeams

(Coslow, Hollander)... Robinson Cleaver (Organ) and Patricia Rossborough (Plano); Musi-o and His Orchestra; Underneath Deanna Durbin (Vocal) with Or- A Leaty Oak (Algy More)....Vine, chestra; Springtime Serenade (Hey“ Sweethearts; Intro: Polly: Dinah; More and Nevard (Comedians with kens); Musical Box (Heykens).......... Nola;

Dainty Miss; Miss Anabelle Piano).

Marck Weber and His Orchestra. Lee; Somebody stole my Gal.....H. 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, 8.50 London Relay-The Club of Robinson Cleaver (Organ).

Weather and Announcements.

Queen

Trades' by G K. Chesterton Episode 3: "The Noticeable Con- duct of Professor Chadd': Adopted for broadcasting by Douglas Clover- don: Characters: Basil Grant; Gilbert Swinburne; Professor

Chadd,

col

1,0 Time and Weather. 1.03 Variety with Vine, More and Nevard, Sophie Tucker and Harry Roy and Ills Orchestra,

Conversational Man (Lermer and; Shapiro)....Sophie Tucker (Come

Dock Expert For Australia

"Second Singapore" At Sydney

1.40 Dvorak Symphony No. 2 In D. Minor, Op. 10.

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vaclav Talich.

2.15 Close down.

6.0 "For The Children."

Chadd: Doctor Colman; Mr. Bing- ham; Production by Michael Good-

Children's Overture (Quilter).... New Light Symphony Orchestra win.

A. Mine ter in songs at the plano,

Nursery

0.45 London Relay-Sports Nows and Market Notes

cond. by Dr. Malcolm Sargent: 0.15 London Relay-The News. Studio-Serial Story: "More Very 0.80 London Relay-Ronald Cour- Young"

(^. Songs Fraser-Simson); Intro: Chairs; Walting at the Window; Spring Morning: The End...George Baker (Baritone) with Plano.

0.30 Closing local Stock Quota- tions.

Military Band. The

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Black

Domino-Overture

From White's

0.50 The Gay Nineties Singers. Botany Bay (Traditional); The One-Horne Shay (Traditional); Hot Godlings (Traditional).

10.0 London Relay In Town To-night. 10.30

Dance Music, After use, wipe off any moisture,

LONDON, May 14. (Auber-arr. Winterbottom); Slavonie

Everybody Dance Fox-Trots either inside or outside, with a soft

SIR LEOPOLD SAVILE, who Dance No. 5 (Dvorak-arr. Williams); (film some); When The Popples cloth and let the respirator dry be fore putting it away (but do not dry was responsible for the design Dance Of The Flowers Valse (from Bloom Again....Jock Payne and

Ballet Delibes).... His Corsaire 'Lo

Band; Quickstep Huniadola it in the sun or by artificial heat). and construction of the naval

conducted by B. Wallon O'Donnel.

George When not wearing the respirator, base and dockyard at Singapore 6.45 London Relay Music-Hall.

To The remember these rules:

is joining the liner Orontes at Randolph Sutton (Britain's Pre-light (from George White's "Scan- 1. Do not expose it to strong Naples on May 28.

mier Light Comedian); at the Piano, dals")....Harry Rosenthal and His Fight or heat

Stewart McBean; Ted Ray (Fiddling Orchestra; Fox-Trots When April and Fooling); The BBC Variety Or- Comes Again; With All My Heart chestra conducted by Charles Shad- (film 'Her Master's Voice'). ...Jack well; Presented by John Sharman. Payno and His Band; Fox-Trots

7.45 - Carroll ................ Gibbona _____(Piano) Weary (from Broadway Hostesa"); and His Boy Friends.

Let It Be Me (from "Broadway Let's Fall In

Fall In Love (from the film);

Sander and His Love Is, Love, Anywhere (fin. Let's Orchestra: Fox-Trots-Pennies From fall in Love'): You Never Looked So Heaven (from the film); The Skelo- Beautiful (film "The Great Ziegfeld'); ton In The Cupboard (ilm "Pennies for Mine Alone-Fox-Trot (from 'Mag- from Heaven')....Teddy Foster and this Port on Saturday and is due yar Melody'): My Own-Fox-Trot | His Kings of Swing. here on Thursday afternoon.

(from That Certain Age').

2. Do

not

let it get wet.

Ife is going to Australia to discuss 3. Do not scratch or bend the with Australian Government officials

window.

the proposed building of a new dry 4. Do not carry or hang the re-dock,

"There have been reports that spirator by the straps.

To stop

the

window clouding when second "Singapore" might be con- you wear the respirator, rub your structed at Sydney.--Reuter. finger on a plece of wet soap (not carbolic) and apply a thin, even film:

of soap over the inside of

of the window. Your refuge-room is Arst

your line of defence because a respirator can

exactly what to do in any energency. for whom you are responsible, may not protect the other parts of your So please keep it carefully. But first depend on you. read it through. Then come back

to this page and think over these Darkoning The House At

things.

body from dangerous liquids, such пя ng mustard gas". These liquid "gases" neod the most rigorous Night"as

precautions, because they continue to

It is vital that raiders should not be dangerous long after they have 1-Decide, according to the in-see any lights at night; so vital that been dropped. The vapour as well structions given on page. U, what the Government might order the as the liquid affects the skin of parts place would make the best refuge- darkening of all buildings even beture of the body not protected by the room for your household at home, war broke. out. So you must be respirator. Remember, too, that by and begin to plan naw how you ready to darken every window, sky-staying in a refuge-room you have would get it ready.

light, gluss door or exterior opening in some protection against flying splin- 2. If you are in charge of a busi- parts of the house where lights are ters and debris, nas well as additional ness or shop, or any hotel or lodging blinds, thick curtains, or some heavy

used after dark. You will need dark protection against gas. house, or of tenements, decide upon material that will cover the windows places of refuge for those for whose completely. Material which lets ony- safety and welfare you would be one outside see that there is a light responsible,

inside will not do. Bear this in mina 3Study carefully the precautions when you next buy binds and cur- you can take against fire, and es-tains. Skylight, fonlights and glass pecially the instructions for dealing doors can best be covered with black with a small incendiary bomb.

paint or thick paper. If necessary get

4. In ume of war all buildings these things now, because in an emer will have to be completely darkened geney the shops might be quickly sold fat night. Be ready to do this for out.

your home and any other premises for which you are responsible:

5.-Begin to collect:

materials for gas-protecting your

Thick blue cloth is the best material to use.

Respirators

Millionaire's S.O.S. Drama Seriously Ill In Isolated Arctic

PARIS, May 13.

A DESPATCH from Oslo states

a forty-

refuge-room; materials for dørken- The respirators which are produced that a Norwegian ice breaker has left int your whole house or business by the British Government are of the Norway in response to an S.O.S. from premises;

best quality and the civilian type Count Gaston de Micard, the things you would need in consists of a rubber faceplece with years-old French millionaire, explorer your refuge-room; simple Bre ap-

con- and scientist. pliances, if you can afford them. a transparent window, and a

talner which holds the gas filters. If He is seriously ill in an isolated Sandbags or boxes capable of being properly put on, it protests, the eyes, spot on the east coast of Greenland.

nose, mouth and lungs; and ensures United Press. -If you live in a large town, make a supply of puro air for breathing. arrangements for children,. invalids by means of filters which are able |and elderly persons, and pets, to be to absorb, any gna known to be

sent away the

moment dunger capable of being used in war. threatens, so that they may be in n

Alled wil sond.

place of greater safety,

It has been designed for you by 7Find out from your warden or Government: experts and, though ARP. Omcer the air raid precau- simple to look at, exhaustive tests tions organisation and the emer- have shown it to be highly efficient,

cover of this book,

Tribal Chieftain

Offers Services

MOMBASA, May 14. Mukama of Bunyorokitara

The

(Bun-

gency Are brigade arrangements and The faceplece, the edges of which yoroititara is along the south-eastera any evacuation plan being prepared in your district As 80011 18 y94.con 4 closely round the face, prevents shore of Lake Albert Nyanza) has get the information, fill in the spreca any air from getting inside the re-offered his services to the Governor provided on the inside, of the front spirator except that which passes of Uganda für military purposes, and through the filters. It is held in has expresand to the Governor, on Most important of all, see that all position by adjustable straps behind behalf of the people of Bunyorokitara, the head. Once these straps have their readiness to give their services grown-ups are familiar with the con-

the adjusted, ro-to the Empire for the defence of the tents of this book and know of the been properly arrangements you are ranking for spirator, if needed, can be put on country-Reuter Special, their safely. Do not do nothing, instantly. olther on the ground that there is no These war respirators do not afford need, or because you think that nothlis, protection against: ordinary domestic you can do, will bo of any avail coal gas or carbon monoxide, which Your safety, and the safety of those cannot be used, pa, war gases.

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