CLEARING UP

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 October 1940, Page 5

CLEARING UP

REMOVAL OF RAID DEBRIS IN LONDON USE OF MECHANICAL PLANT. BIG ORGANISATION TAKING SHAPE. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.) LONDON, October 12. It is officially stated that 5000 members of the Pioneer Corps and a large number of unemployed will start work on Monday to clear up and. salvage air-raid debris in the London area. Sir Warren Fisher, who is in charge of the demolition, explaining the arrangements, said that the districts most heavily bombed in the east and : south-east would be dealt with first. 1 Mechanical plant for the removal of debris is being obtained, while 12 mobile cranes are on their way from America and 500 lorries will be used. The good bricks recovered will be used for building shelters and other A.R.P. works and suitable timber for bunks in shelters or repairing houses. Personal property salvaged from the wrecked dwellings will be cared for by the borough councils till claimed by the owners. The civilian labour army, alongside whom troops will work, will include unemployed and unskilled men mobilised by the Ministry of Labour. The London County Council, and councils in other Home counties will organise clearance plans, the cost of which will be borne by the Government. NEWSPAPERS CARRY ON IN SPITE OF BOMB DAMAGE. LONDON. October 12. A heavy bomb struck “The Times” newspaper office in a recent raid but did not interrupt the production of the paper. The Premier, Mr Churchill, has sent personal congratulations to “The 'Times” for continuing production. Though its premises were much damaged it succeeded in issuing its editions without interruption or delay and with no evidence whatever of the explosion or its consequences. The “Daily Express” is another newspaper whose premises suffered recently from night bombing. SOVIET AMBASSADOR CHEERED IN LONDON RAID SHELTER. LONDON. October 12. The Soviet Ambassador, M. Maisky, and Mme. Maisky, toured a number of air-raid shelters in London last night at the invitation of the Foreign Secretary. Lord Halifax, accompanied by Admiral Sir Edward Evans, who is in charge of the shelter arrangements. A crowd in a big shelter in the East End recognised and loudly cheered M. Maisky. END OF ENEMY BOMBER BARRAGE CABLE STRUCK. (British Official Wireless.). (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) RUGBY. October 13. It is now known that an enemy heavy bomber fouled a balloon cable on the East Coast last night and crashed into the sea.