GERMAN AIR RAIDERS

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 253, 1 November 1939, Page 4

GERMAN AIR RAIDERS

people! WATCH encounters / alarm system complaints ONLY 01)1) MACHINES LONDON, Oct. 30. People,' in a north-easter ly, town in England, were going to Inkiness when they were astonished te- see two planes Hying low overhead. One opened machine-gun lire while the people watched from the streets. A German plane flying westward was seen over Haddingtonshire. Three Royal Air Ji'oree lighters forced the raider to turn, hack to the North Sea. A plane appeared over the East Lothian coast apparently seeking the Firth of Forth andl flying, low at a terrificpace. Jt proceeded inland,where Royal Air Fqrce planes chased it to sea. Townspeople , watched the encounter from their doorways. The aii- raid wardens of the Ministry of Information ordered the personnel to take cover. A few journalists carried on their work. Warnings were also sounded erroneously in the Holborn and Westminster areas. The authorities are investigating why and where sirens sounded a false alarm in Westminster. It was heard 1 for miles. The. stalls of all Government' departments proceeded to .shelt-

The acting-provost of East Lothian is protesting against the failure to sound sirens when a bomber engaged was brought down on Saturday.