ENCOURAGEMENT BY KING
CIVIC DEFENCE WORKERS
(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.)
(British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Sept. 9
The King has sent a message of encouragement to the civil defence volunteers, expressing appreciation of the fine spirit in which they are facing long hours of discomforts inseparable from the performance of their duty. The civil defence organisation includes air raid wardens, the auxiliary fire service, casualty and voluntary ambulance services and, in many cases, the volunteers are taking duty after the end of their ordinary day’s work.
The King has conveyed his apprecia ion to the paramount chief of Basutonnd and his counsellors for their icssage of loyalty following the outoak of war.
One of the many remarkable civ:' defence developments achieved with n ‘he past few months is the eetabishment of the London auxiliary fire service. The personnel when war was declared numbered over 32,000.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20039, 11 September 1939, Page 10
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