"AT ANY TIME"

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 203, 28 August 1942, Page 2

"AT ANY TIME"

CIVILIAN CASUALTIES

CANADA URGED TO PREPARE

OTTAWA. o P ini on of the Earl of Athlone, Governor-General of ex P r essed at a dinner of the Order ot St. John of Jerusalem preparation should be made at once to increase first aid training to meet the possibility of civilian casualties which may occur in Canada "anywhere and at any time "

I do not think," said the Gov-ernor-General, "that one should to all the experience of this war m imagining that before it is over there will not be civilian casualties from enemy action on the soil of Canada. Whether thes° casualties will be the result of bombing, or other enemy action, no one can tell, nor is it possible to say that any part of the country is vulnerable than the other i"J h h e f? Qt ° f the matter is," concluded the Governor-General, "that there may be casualties anywhere and at any time, and that we must pe ready for them. It would be a scandal if those casualties were aggravated by lack of adequate handling!" attention or b y unskilfu!

Rpri l r c Se *V i^ } e • the Canadian ?/ o • Society is in the midst of a Dominion-wide campaign th° objective of which is the railing bv voluntary subscription of 9,000 000 dollars. Returns at the present time of writing show that highly satisfac tory results are being Ittained