SILENT WHISTLES
Sir, —The blackout is to last for one hour and 20 minutes. This is a long time to inflict on the public, and tile purpose of the trial could probably be achieved in much less time. The railway workshops’ whistle no longer blows at 7.55 a.m. and 8 a.m., and this is a pity, for it was of great convenience to workers preparing to leave home. If it was silenced under E.P.S. instructions was the order really necessary? The distinctive tone and measured blasts of the whistle were so well known that no one ever mistook it for a warning siren. It is only right that there should be emergency powers in war time, but there is always a danger of their being over-exerted CRITIC.
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Southland Times, Issue 24886, 28 October 1942, Page 6
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127SILENT WHISTLES Southland Times, Issue 24886, 28 October 1942, Page 6
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