BLACKOUT TRIAL
DISTRICT TEST THIS EVENING. A district blackout trial is to be held in the Wairarapa this evening during an undisclosed period between sunset and midnight. The trial will be conducted in country and borough areas. Warning signals will indicate the start and end of the period of the trial. The alarm will be given by a succession of blasts of ten seconds duration each, followed by a lull of five seconds, the total period of the signal lasting two minutes. The all clear signal will be a continuous blast of two minutes duration. Householders and others will be required to blackout their buildings so that no light is visible from outside. Motorists will no! be allowed to proceed unless the parking lights of their cars are covered with two thicknesses of newspaper or its equivalent.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 May 1942, Page 2
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137BLACKOUT TRIAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 May 1942, Page 2
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