Air Ministry Bulletin. 21/11/39 - No.l




 NOT TO BE QUOTED AS OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT



 !
 BOXER S PRESENT FOR R.A.F.



 Eric Boon, lightweight champion of Great Britain,


is presenting a Challenge Cup for boxing to a Royal Air


Force Bomber Station. He announced the gift from the


ring when he gave the airmen an exhibition of shadow boxing.


 Boon 's show was staged during a tournament of


fourteen contests "between R.A.F. and Army "boxers. Six



fights went to the R.A.F. and eight to their guests.




Air Ministry
Whitehall *
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 21/11/39 - No. 2.




 THIS ADDRESS WILL BE PREFACED BY A SHORT SPEECH

 BY MR. GEOFFREY LLOYD, M.P., SECRETARY FOR MINES.




 MINERS *
 WELFARE CONFERENCE, 21st NOVEMBER, 1939-



 Opening Speech by the Chairman -




 Major General The Rt.Hon. Sir Frederick Sykes, P.C, , G.C.S.I.,
 G.C.I.E. etc.




 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED BEFORE 12 NOON.




 It gives me great pleasure to welcome.you here today and it
is very gratifying to see such a good attendance notwithstanding
war-time preoccupations and the present inconveniences of
travelling. I regard it as a clear endorsement of our policy of
carrying on as usual. The Secretary for Mines has told us that to
produce coal in greater quantity than ever is essential for the
prosecution of the war, just as in peace-time coal is necessary
for the prosperity of the country, Miners today are front line
 f
soldiers of the home front and it is for the Miners Welfare Fund
to assist in keeping this home defence force in good heart and
in good health.


 At. a time like this when the country has suddenly suffered
a complete change of conditions of living and working, there seemed
to be more, rather than less, need for a conference which provides
an occasion for discussing difficulties and doubts. Full opportunity
for this will be given after these opening remarks and when we come

to item 2 of the agenda.


 The Central Committee appear today for the first time in the
mantle of a Commission. As Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd has said this is
an historic event inasmuch as it is a recognition of the value of

the miners' welfare schemes that have Been established and of the
need for an organisation of the status of a Commission for ;
preserving and developing them. In principle, it does not involve
any change in the administration, or in the part to he played by
the District Committees, but in details the conduct of the
administration will be facilitated. For example, it will now be

possible for the Central Committee to enter into and to enforce

contracts, agreements and legal documents as a body, thus avoiding
the difficulties and disabilities arising from individual
responsibility and changes of membership.


 I wish to associate myself with Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd in
thanking the members of the Central Committee for agreeing to
continue to serve on the new Commission, and I am glad to be able
to welcome Mr. Drummond who has been appointed to the seat added
to the Commission by the Act of this year. Mr. Drummond brings to

our counsels the long experience of the Ashington Company in
 Coal
welfare work, and will form a valuable link with the Northumberland
District Committee of which he is a member.



 The Welfare Fund Act passed last March, which established the
Commission also increased the output welfare levy from 1/2d to 1d per
ton, the additional 1/2d being applicable to the building of pithead
baths, as well as the £375*000 a
 year applicable under the Act of

1934* The addition is for five years during which period the

receipts for baths will be about £840,000 a year, commencing 1940.
The contracts placed last year amounted to £649*000, and

preparations had been made to increase the programme to about
£715*000 this year and to £840,000 next year.
 As already stated it is our intention to maintain the programme
so far as practicable. Our contracts this year have in fact already
reached £522,000 and we hope to place further contracts which will
bring the total for the year up to about the same figure as last year
though the war has prevented us from reaching the higher figure
amied at. The placing of new contracts suffered temporary
interruption as an immediate result of the outbreak of war, but this
phase seems to have passed, and we have had satisfactory responses
to recent invitations to tender for some new installations in places
where local conditions are favourable. There are of course difficult-
ies in obtaining some of the necessary materials and equipment, but
we have been able to take action which will, I believe, surmount
these difficulties for the present. What the future has in store
I cannot say, but it would perhaps be too- optimistic to forecast that
 shall be able to carry out our expanded building
we
 programme upon
the scale originally planned. Moreover costs are pretty sure to
rise, and there may come a time when they become so high that it
would obviously be wrong to continue building.


 Meanwhile it is a satisfaction to report that, while Some

delays inevitably occurred in the construction work in hand upon the
commencement of hostilities, fair progress is now being maintained
generally and there is no indication at present that more serious
delays are likely to arise in the near future* Since the outbreak
 of war, nine new installations already have been completed, and we

expect to double this making a
 number before the end of the year,
total of 36 new installations and 2 extensions completed during 1939*
This number is much larger than the number completed in any previous
year* Comparing it with 47 completed last year and 21 the year
before, we see the measure of the acceleration which has taken place
in the provision of pithead baths in recent years* The total
number of installations completed or under construction at the end
of 1939 will, it is estimated, be 344 and the number of men

accommodated will be 428,000. The progress of baths building is
shown in the
 diagrams on the
 wall, from which you will see how much
it has been expedited during the past two or three years.


 The baths in operation are as successful as ever and the
standard of cleanliness and upkeep has been well maintained,
Management Committees having paid careful attention to the advice
tendered by the central staff on their visits to baths in operation
as well as to baths preparing to open. It is now possible to transfer
some of these duties to the District Organisers, though retaining
the present essential link with the Central Committee, and this
transfer has become necessary because the war has deprived us of
some twenty of our staff, including those upon whom these duties
chiefly fell, namely Mr. Parker who has been taken away for an
important war appointment, and his assistant Mr. Slade who has been
recalled to the Army.


 These losses are a great handicap because war conditions have
brought be dealt with and the
 a large increase in the problems to
difficulties to be smoothed out. Moreover it seems likely that
heavy demands will be made upon the resources of the District
Organisers in relation to recreation and social welfare schemes as

well as pithead baths. Meanwhile the attenuated central staff have
made big sacrifices to cope with the situation, and, I believe,
with a large measure of success.



 I may mention at this point that in July our Chief Architect,
Mr. Forshaw, left us to he appointed as Deputy Architect to the

London County Council, a post in which his professional attainments
will receive wider than with Mr. has been
 even scope us. Kemp
appointed as Acting Chief Architect, the outbreak of war having
necessitated a
 postponement in the filling of Mr. Forshaw 's post.
 to the work of the Districts Fund, it has again
 Turning
 to visit selection of schemes in a number
been my good fortune a

 the warmth and
of districts this year. I greatly appreciate
sincerity of the welcomes extended to me and I was much impressed
 under the direction of the District
by the work that was going on

 between them and the
Committees and by the excellent co-operation
District appointed to them
 Organisers

 three other District Committees chiefly to
 I also visited
 of District
discuss the question of giving them the services a

 wish.
 _




 appointed by the Central Committee, should they so
Organiser
 offer, that 20 of
Two of the three have already accepted our so


the districts have taken up this scheme which, am I assured,
 25 now
 of great benefit in securing good value
has everywhere proved
from the expenditure of the Welfare Fund.


 in this connection is the survey which
 An item of special note
 District Organisers in
has been carried out this year by our

collaboration with the District Committee regarding the welfare

facilities mining communities in the South Derbyshire
 available for

coalfield. The report of this survey gives particulars of all the
 of welfare work,
schemes and developments, catering for every branch
in all the mining communities of this coalfield. It provides a

 of facts and the conclusions to be drawn
complete statement the
 be of assistance to the
from them, which will, I feel sure, great
 -to
South Derbyshire District Committee whenever they require
consider recommending grants from the Districts Fund and especially
the preparation of a five-year plan for appropriation of future
 the

receipts* We will gladly, with South Derbyshire’s permission,
 of the to other District Committees, if
supply copies report
 the preparation of similar
desired, to assist them in considering a


 and to assist them in carrying it out.
survey, we are willing


 One of the most enterprising of Districts Fund developments
 the
this year has been the Holiday Centre provided at Skegness by
 I had the pleasure of opening this Centre
Derbyshire Committee.
 and I able to congratulate the
early in the summer am glad to be
 and particularly Mr. Hicken who made the Centre his
Committee,
 responsibility, upon the success of its first season.
personal
 about it Hicken little later this
We shall hear more from Mr. a

 of this sort has the merit of being linked
morning. A scheme _




 to It catersentirely for miners and their
directly the industry.
 at
families, and it is maintained successfully by their payments
very advantageous rates for the benefits enjoyed.


 achievement the is the virtual
 Another noteworthy during year
 the Committee of their pooling scheme
completion by Fife District
 which miners the District have levy of a penny
under throughout a

 at the pits. These
or twopence a week deducted from their wages
 and distributed amongst the welfare
deductions are pooled
 of miners resident
institutes shares proportionate to the number
 in
 Naturally it meant a
in the areas served by the institutes.
 the part of the District
great deal of work and propaganda on


Committee and Organiser to persuade the miners to agree to the levy.

I would be interested to some of the posters
 thought that you see

used to the work of the Miners' Welfare Fund for this
 popularise
 and I have had some put on the wall behind me.
purpose;


 Several other developments of special interest are
 in progreś
 other of the District Committees
or under consideration by one or
 the foundation
including Warwickshire’s pioneer boys’ club, of which
 in the and a
stone was laid by the Duke of Gloucester summer,
 clinic for the treatment
proposal to add to Horden Pithead Baths a

 too long
of rheumatism and similar ailments. It would take for me
to enumerate all such developments, and I have said enough to
 show
that District work progressive, which
 continues to he active and is
 Districts
also borne but by the fact that the allocations of the
Fund during the last 12 months have exceeded the receipt s *
 is to with our
 As I have already said, our policy carry on


work so far as practicable * both to maintain the essential national
 industries*
service of miners’ welfare and also to sustain other
 home
 Districts Fund buildings and
This policy allows new contracts for
recreation grounds, as well as Baths buildings, provided that
 obtainable from the
satisfactory and reliable assurances are
 labour and materials. At the
contractors as to their supplies of ;

 building
 .




 dislocation of
outbreak of war we experienced temporary
 and reluctance to tender the part of contractors,
operations, on

 For this reason, in our
owing to demands for war emergency work.
circular letter of the 10th October, we set a limit of £750. on new

 that
building contracts. Conditions are now easier, so
 this,
 but it remains absolutely essential
limitation may be withdrawn,
to examine local conditions carefully before placing any new

 to be that sufficient supplies of labour and
contract, so as assured
material will be available for its completion. Timber supplies
 is to economise in its use, and not
being controlled, it essential
 available. would
to use timber if an alternative material is
 It.
 for the construction of new building in
be unwise to contract any
 holds sufficient stock in
timber unless the contractor actually a


his own yard, which is unlikely. It must be added. that because

of the uncertainty of prices of materials it is advisable to
arrange contracts on a price fluctuation basis providing for

adjustment in respect of any rise or fall.


 benefitted this year by a
 *
 Miners Welfare schemes have
substantial number of grants from theNational Fitness Council
(of which our member Lord Aberdare was Chairman) and had

expectations of many but to great regret the work of
 more, our

that Council was suddenly cut short by the war.



 One of the wartime troubles with which we have been faced
 the large number of miners’ welfare
has been requisitioning of a

schemes (institutes, baths and convalescent homes) for A.R.P. and

other Being anxious to assist the national effort,
 war purposes.
we do not, any of us, wish to raise objection to the requisitioning
of a proportion of the premises if it will not unduly interfere
with or curtail the normal use of the scheme by the mining

community. If requisitioning goes that, however, we must
consider whether the requirements of the requisitioning authority
cannot be met by other means, because our schemes have very

important work to do for the home front during the war.



 know that central staff have been able to
 I am glad to the
assist District Committees and Organisers in their efforts to

 where justified# A
secure the release of requisitioned schemes,
reasonable measure of security in the future has moreover been

assured by making arrangements with the Government Departments
concerned that our schemes will not be taken unless the.
circumstances are exceptional and that requisitioning will,
wherever be done by agreement with the Local Welfare
 possible,
Committee who should of always refer to the District
 course

Committee or Organiser immediately upon receiving notice of
 has been put into
requisitioning, even though the notice not yet
writing.

 has of raised
 The requirement of obscuring lights course

 at institutes in with other
problems pithead baths and common

 In the of took decision last July
buildings* case baths, we a

 would make from the Baths Fund to half the
that we a grant cover

 that the taken approved and are
cost, provided measures are

reasonable in cost, We have also agreed to accept recommendations
 from District Funds to
from District Committees for grants the
 conditions. This is matter for the
institutes upon the same
 a


discretion of the District Committee both as to whether grants
should be made to institutes in their area and whether the grant
should cover the whole or only a proportion of the cost.
 We had a useful discussion of these war problems at a

meeting of some of the District Committees at the end of
September, but I should not be surprised if since then other

questions have arisen for discussion. An opportunity for this
will be given at the conclusion of my remarks.


 The only other point I want to mention at this stage is the

Annual Report. We debated this last year at some length and I
think you will agree that the ensuing Report was probably the
best that has yet been issued. While the war may put
restrictions upon the next issue, it would be helpful to hear any
suggestions that have occurred to you for further improvement.
The separate chapters for each District seem to have been much
appreciated, and two Districts asked for reprints of their own

chapters for wider distribution locally. Some copies of these
reprints are available for any representatives who may be
interested.


 While I think I am justified in giving a very encouraging
 *
account of the work of the Miners Welfare Fund during the past
12 months, war conditions will in the future present difficulties
in our work as in most other directions. The Central Committee
and their staff will spare no effort to meet them squarely and I

am sure that, relying upon the whole-hearted collaboration of the
District Committees as in the past, the results for which we are

all working will not show any deterioration but will maintain the
progress of recent .years.
 21/11/39 - No. 3.




 Speech to be delivered by Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd, M.P.,
 Secretary for Mines, at the Miners’ Welfare
 Annual Conference, on Tuesday,
 21st November, at 10 a.m.




 I am very glad indeed that Sir Frederick Sykes has given


me this opportunity of meeting a really representative body of


those who, in the various coal mining districts, carry on the


work of miners’ welfare.


 I have seen for myself, during my visits to the districts,

quite enough to realise how much time and trouble are devoted to


this work, and it v/as with very great pleasure that I signed


yesterday an Order under the Act passed earlier this year which

 ’ !
transforms the Miners Welfare Committee into the Miners Welfare


Commission. This is not, as you know, a mere change of title,

but by making them a body Corporate it enables them to hold


property and to enter into contracts. This, I trust, will


enable them to proceed with their work in the future even more



efficiently than has been the case in the past.


 The immediate reason for the introduction of the recent


Bill was the necessity for providing additional funds for pithead


baths by raising the levy from id to Id per ton. One feared


that with the outbreak of war it would be difficult to secure



supplies of material and possibly of labour for this purpose,


and I am glad to hear that it has proved possible not only to


make progress with the building contracts already let, but to



enter into certain new contracts for pithead baths.

 But in war time another aspect of welfare activity becomes


of even greater importance than in peace time; I can best


describe it as the social side. It is essential that the life


not only of the miner but of his wife also should be made as




comfortable We all expect inconveniences in
 as possible. must

time of war, but I believe that the existence to-day as compared

with 1914-18 of the canteens and institutes provided by the
 f
Miners Welfare Fund will do much to lessen these inconven-



iences. There is a further significance too in this


contribution to the health and general well-being of the miner.


The coal industry has been called upon to produce more coal in


the interests of the nation. The response to this appeal will


be largely governed by the health and general well-being of the


men within the industry.


 You may remember that during the last war the Ministry of


Munitions set up a special branch to provide social welfare


amenities for munition workers; it has recently been announced


that the War Office are appointing welfare officers for the


Army. I think I may congratulate the coal mining industry that



they have in existence an organisation, both in the districts


and at headquarters, which has already provided social amenities


in a large measure, and is in a position to keep them in

operation.


 Before I close, I should like to say again how glad I am




to have this opportunity of meeting you, and how grateful I am,


and everyone concerned - for the work you have done in


using to the "best advantage what the late Right Hon. Tom



Richards used to describe as "the magic penny."
 21st November, 1939* No* 4,




 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE WEEKLY NEWS SERVICE, Nodi,


 FARMERS ARE FIGHTING- THE U-BOATS.


 Magtlgg Agriculture to War-time Conditlons o




 Farmers, in common with nearly ail other traders, have


suffered hardship, inconvenience and often loss in the inevitable


dislocation that war brings to any basic industry* The war to


date has been so different from what we expected that at times we



almost forget we are at war and are surprised when things do not


proceed with their peace-time smoothness*


 But our merchant who bring us our food and
 seamen,

feeding-stuff's from abroad, can have little doubt that we are at



war; and farmers in their vital task of producing these commodities


at home are no less determined because there have yet been no




desperate battles on land or in the air* Their job runs hand in


hand with that of the Navy and the Merchant Marine, and farmers


have been in this war since the beginning, up to the neck, fighting

the U-boats.


 But it has meant a drastic re-orientation of an industry

to which it is more difficult to apply sudden changes than,


 have not change of the
probably any other. And we only had to some




technique and customs of the industry, but also
 long-established

adjust them to the general picture of the nation's war-time


activities. Home food production is only one piece of the


intricate jig-saw puzzle that somehow enabled the peace-time

consumer to put a wider choice of food on his dining table than any


other in the world.


Uncertainty Removed.


 Tile stress of war has forced us to carry out, in days.

 undertaken in many months
re-organisation that we could not have as



in normal of there have been untidy ends and
 times; so, course,


pieces, anomalies and even abuses* But they are being straightened

out*


 The sales of fat stock, for
 promise of full control for


 should load of
example, mean the removal of one large
uncertainty. As scon as it is applied the Ministry of Food


will Be the only Buyers of fat stock, at fixed prices according

to grade. The prides at which they will be bought have already

been published and they approximate to the present maximum prices


plus the appropriate subsidy. Their publication has already had

a steadying effect. Sales have tended to ease up; Buyers’ offers


have hardened in -some cattle markets where bidders appear to have


Been somewhat shy



 In addition, it ha & Been officially announced that



adjustment in these prices will Be made from time to time in the



light of seasonal treads and variations in production cost. For


the first time since the last War the Beef man will Be guaranteed

a price for his fat cattle. Sellers of sheep, too, have Been



guaranteed an
 average price of l/- per lb. dressed carcase weight


over the year. Pigs have already had a rise of 2/- per score

since the fixed price for them was first introduced, and their



price will continue to be regulated By the cost of feeding, with


regard also given to changes necessitated By war conditions.



Super Beef,

 There remains the question of the super-quality cattle

that commanded, say, 52/- to 55/- in Aberdeen or Ipswich, when tup-


grade cattle elsewhere were fetching about 48/-. Consideration is



now Being given as to how far it is possible to deal with this



special case; But we cannot in wartime afford, to use the feeding


stuffs for producing super-beef cattle with quite their peacetime


Bloom.

 But there are cattle of the true Beef type that can




mature into first-class beef without such feeding, provided they ace




 fatteners Being fcreed
given the chance. Before this war many were




into rather habits and killing such cattle
 extravagant were as




"Baby
 11
 Beef Before they had time to realise their most valuable



 first-class Beef diet of little
potential!!:/, namely to produce on a




or no cake or corn. Under present conditions it may well Be more




desirable to let them run to maturity on almost entirely a grass


diet and kill them at IS cwt, or more. In the arable areas, where
fattening is a slower process, it may only be possible to


produce one lot of yard cattle instead of two.


 Roots will save the use of starchy foods; hay of good


quality will reduce the quantity of protein-rich cakes.



Moreover, in the last ten it would seem that there has been
 years,


a tendency to over estimate the fattening bullock's protein


requirement So




 CATCHING THE EARLY BITS,


 Prepare Now For Next Spring



 What with ploughing up and feeding stuffs difficulties,


farmers this winter will look forward with more eagerness than


 "the 1*.
 I*.
usual to time when the grass comes



 Nothing more can be done now to increase the amount of



winter grazing, but there are ways and means of starting growth as




early as possible next spring. The important thing is to decide


now which fields are best suited to produce early grass,

 The lighter, well drained land is to be preferred; for


no amount of fertiliser will make heavy, wet land come into bearing


early. Sheltered fields sloping to the South are desirable and


unless a sward contains a good proportion of early grasses such as



perenial ryegrass, cocksfoot, rough stalked meadowgrass and meadow


foxtail it is very little use trying to get an early bite from it,,


 There is one other important consideration* Grasses


store up reserves of food in their roots. An autumn rest



encourages development in the root and bottom of the stem, but


continuous close grazing prevents such development occurring*

Therefore pasture that has had a rest in late summer or early

autumn will respond best to manurial treatment.


Dressing with Sulphate of Ammonia


 The best time to apply the nitrogenous fertiliser win


vary with the season. In late districts•the end of February or




early March is soon enough, but in earlier districts the first

half of February may be a more suitable time. Experiments over




five seasons in the Eastern Counties suggest that an application
of 1 cwt. sulphate of ammonia per acre early in February can




usually be relied upon to produce an additional 7-g- cwt. of grass


per acre by the second week in April.


 Nitrogen is the main factor in increasing the amount of


early growth, hut there must he adequate supplies of phosphate and


potash in the soil. Fields deficient in lime are unsuitable if



only because the herbage is likely to contain a too high proportion

of late species. Where good pasture has received proper treatment


in the previous year, a nitrogenous top-dressing in early spring

has enabled to acre to provide early grass for 1 cow for 15 days.
 -§•



 Dung or liquid manure applied before Ist January may be


equally effective and farmyard manure has the additional advantage

of protecting the grass from cold winds and frost.


Temporary Grass.

 Temporary grass, say, of one to four year’s duration,

starts growth some weeks earlier than permanent grass and responds


more readily to stimulation. Italian ryegrass is pre-eminent in



producing early spring keep, while the ordinary commercial strains


of perennial ryegrass and cocksfoot that form the hulk of temporary

mixtures also shoot up quickly in the spring and so are well



adapted for forcing.

 It should he remembered that early spring grass is a




laxative; consequently dairy cows should not he turned in for more



than a few hours each day and their grazing should he supplemented


with hay. In this way the rich young grass can he made to go farther.




 PLOUGHING FOR A NEIGHBOUR.


 County Committee May Guarantee Payment.


 Farmers have been busy buying tractors for the plough-up


campaign and there are now at least 4,000 more at work than at the



outbreak of war. Those who have finished their ploughing will be



doing a national service if they can plough for a neighbour who is


behindhand.
 It might be mentioned again that a contract for such


work can now be made through one County War Agricultural


Committee. This would permit the Committee to pay the man



doing the ploughing and deduct the cost from the £2 per acre



grant to the occupier of the land where the ploughing is done.


The farmer who ploughs for a neighbour can thus be guaranteed


payment.

 Reports have reached the Ministry of Agriculture


indicating that full use is not being made of all the Government


tractors in the hands of the County Committees. Farmers who


have difficulty in getting the work done, either by their own




equipment or with the help of neighbours or private contractors?


are reminded that there is this reserve of tractor power to


meet such an emergency.




 Better Beet prices.



 Sugar beet growers’ production costs have increased,


particularly in the directions of labour and transport. Even



so, the new contract prices seem reasonably attractive. When



all the advances are taken into consideration the total increase


 last works out at ton
ever year 4/lld. per in an average year.


 Moreover» the assurance is given that these prices will

he reviewed if it can he established that costs have increased


since November 1938 to an extent not fully covered by this


contract.




 Our 500 ,000 Tons of Sugar.


 Field and factory staffs are now working full time on




our 500,000 ton 1939 sugar crops equivalent to a supply of 23 To.


of white sugar per head of the population. If the 300>-000


tons of beet pulp and molasses are also taken into account? the


nation’s investment in home-grown sugar represents this year a




full quarter of our sugar requirements and over 100 shiploads


that no U-boat can sink and the Navy need not protect.
 Frost and the Parmer


 Looking after Tra cjb or s jxiv. i ho ta r 0a r a and K■>o t s *




 It has been nild autumn but
 a so far, any time now a



cold spell may arrive and catch of
 some us naming, There


were some unpleasant experiences last December, when a sudden

cold break caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to farmers


tractors and cars alone.


 After that experience it should he hardly necessary

to emphasise the need to empty radiators after the day’s work


if there is the slightest risk of frost. As a safeguard


against disaster the next day, it is desirable to hang a



”Uo water” notice in a prominent position.


 If the engine is fitted with a thermostat, however,

the radiator should not be emptied, for there is a risk that


very cold air sucked through hy the fan may freeze the water


in the radiator before the thermostat and starts the warm
 opens

water circulating. An anti-freeze compound should be used


instead of draining the radiator.



Protecting Sect Crops*



 As regards the protection of farm crops, potatoes

are mere susceptible to frost when they are moist than



when they are dry, so they should be nut away as clean and



dry as possible.


 Clamps should he made on dry, well-drained sites and



covered with straw as soon as practicable* The straw ’’roof”


should not he covered with soil too soon, or ventilation will



he impeded; hut if there is a threat of intense early frost,


further protection should he given without delay. The clamp


can then he given necessary ventilation hy inserting bundles of



straw leading from the straw ’’roof” to the outer air, preferably


on the sheltered (generally the south) side of the clamp.


In very cold localities and exposed nositions a further



covering of litter may he temporarily necessary.
 Mangolds are easily damaged by frost so they should be

lifted before the end of November and stored in heaps or clamps which


should be immediately covered with about foot of straw
 a or bracken,

on top of which a good layer of soil should be placed about a week


later#

 Ventilation is just as
 necessary as with potatoes and the


same methods should be used.




 SELLING PIT PROPS


 Meeting a Present Need


 A question which many landowners and farmers are now



asking, is the manner in which they can respond to the present need


for pitprops# Any coniferous timber is suitable, and plantations

now being clear felled for the purpose lie between the ages of 20 and


35 years. Thinnings from older areas are equally suitable, but


thinnings alone will prove insufficient.

 Suitable areas can be offered to a timber merchant, or to


the Timber Control (Elmdale Road, Bristol, 8), or the owner may

decide to employ his own labour. The maximum price for standing

trees is 7d. per foot cube, for straight material, reasonably close


to a hard road, and within a mile or two of a station# If the


owner fells, the price is increased by 1-g-d* If he also undertakes


haulage to station, the figure is ls*4id#

 Felling is best done by a horizontal saw cut near ground

level# The tip is cross cut at 3 inches diameter under bark#

Small sticks may be cross cut at 2 inches. The largest tree that


will make a prop has a quarter girth at breast height of 6§ inches-


The most important operation is the careful removal of side branches

and snags, so that no splinters remain to hinder handling. Crooked


stems at if needless costs are to
 should be rejected an early stage,

be avoided. Bark need not be removed#


 in
 Seasoning is carried out by stacking, off the ground,

 of 100, 10 of 10 close by hard road# With
heaps layers each, a



 winds few weeks will suffice, otherwise several months may
drying a



be should be despatched in full length,
 called for. The poles

leaving cutting to length to be carried out at the colliery#
 MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT



For the information of the Press.



 Visits to the Reception Areas at Reduced
 Fares.




 The first trains for which cheap day return fares may be


 obtained by those wishing to visit children and others evacuated



 under the Government scheme will be running on Sunday 9 3rd December 9




 from various stations in the London area in accordance with the



 arrangements announced by the Minister of Transport in the House of



 Commons on the 15th November.


 The trains will be as follows


 From. To.



 1. Euston and Filiesden. 1. Wolverton, Northampton
 and Rugby.

 2 0
 St. Paneras, Kentish Town, 2. Kettering and Oakham.
 Rest Hampstead and

 Cricklewood.


 3. King’s Cross, Finsbury Park, 3. Cambridge.
 Wood Green and New Barnet.



 4. Liverpool Street, Stratford, 4 0 Stowmarket, Mellis, Diss
 Ilford, Chadwell Heath and and Norwich Thorpe.
 Romford.


 5. Liverpool Street and Hackney 5. Cambridge 9 Fly and march.
 Downs.


 6 0 Liverpool Street 9 Stratford 9 6 0 Ipswich.
 Ilford Chadwell Heath and
 9

 Romford.


 7 0 Marylebone* Sudbury and 7 0 Calvert , Finmere, Brackley,
 Harrow Road. Culworth, Woodford and Hinton,

 Charwelton, Rugby and Lutterworth.


 8 0 Waterloo. 8. Semley, Tempiecombe , Yeovil Town*
 Axminster, Honiton, Exeter and
 Exmouth.


 9 0 Paddington . 9. Radley 9 Oxford and Banbury*.

100 Paddington. 10. Newbury, Hungerford, Westbury,
 Frome and Taunton.



 (Details of the train times and fares are given in the


attached appendix).

 Special cheap fares will he available on trains running to


 other towns in the reception areas on the 10th and 17th December.


 The arrangements for these days will be announced later.
 Tickets at the cheap rates
 special will only be issued


at the railway booking offices of the stations from which the trains



will run and on presentation of a voucher with the appropriate fare.


 The London County Council, the Town Councils of Acton,


Barking, Brentford and Chiswick, Dagenham, Ealing,East Ham,


Edmonton, Gravesend, Hornsey , Ilford, Leyton, Tottenham,


Walthamstow, West flam and Willesden and the District Councils of



Northfleet and Thurrock have agreed to undertake the work of



issuing vouchers,


 Applicants for the vouchers who live in London should



attend at one of the London County Council schools in their neighbour-


hood which will be used as voucher issuing centres. Notices will


be posted on all school notice boards indicating the nearest centre.


 The London teachers have volunteered to interview



applicants, issue the necessary vouchers and. give advice as to fares,


times of departure and arrival "both on the outward and return journeys


the names of towns and villages served by road transport services


from the detraining stations, and any other available information


which will be of help to the applicant. Applicants may apply for

vouchers for persons other than themselves.


 The London schools used as voucher issuing centres will be



open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 7 p.m, to 9 p.m.,


commencing on 23rd November.


 The arrangements for the issue of vouchers in the Boroughs

and Urban Districts on the outskirts of London will be announced



locally.


 For the trains running on the 3rd December vouchers


must be obtained on or before Saturday, the 25th November.




21st November, 1939.
17339.
 Appendix,


 Visits to the Reception Areas at -Reduced, Fares,




 Schedules of train times and cheap day return
 fares for 3rd December, 1939.
 Sunday,




 PADDINGTON TO BANBURY.



 FORWARD. RETURN,

 a.m. p,m,

Paddington depart 8.55 Banbury depart 6.30

Radley arrive 10.40 Oxford
 "
 it
 7.10
 II
Oxford 10,50 Radley
 ”
 7.20

 Ealing (Broadway) arrive 8.50
 " 11.25
Banbury
 "
 Paddington
 ”
 9.5




 DAY RETURN FARES -

 THIRD CLASS.



From Paddington to
 Sc d a




 Radley 7,8,

 Oxford 8 ,
 5 o




 Banbury 8,11,



 PADDINGTON TO TAUNTON,



 FORWARD. RETURN,

 a.m. p,m.

Paddington depart 9„50 Taunt on depart 6.15
 ”
Newbury arrive 10,55 Frome 7.15
 "
Hungerford
 ”
 10,55 Westbury 7 0
 .25
 ”
Westbury "11.45 Hungerford 8.10
Frome ”12,0 noon Newbury” 8 .85
Taunton ”12.55 p.m. Ealing (Broadway) arrive 9.30

 Paddington" 9.45




 DAY RETURN FARES - THIRD CLASS,


From Paddington to
 S.d.

 Newbury 7.1.

 Hunger!ord 8.2.
 Westbury 11.0.
 Frome 11.6.
 Taunton 12.6.


 KINGS CROSS TO CAMBRIDGE,


 FORWARD, RETURN,
 a .m. p.m.
King’s Cross depart g o
 o Cambridge depart 6.30
Finsbury "9.8 New Barnet arrive 8.40
Wood Green "9.14 Wood Green H
 8o 52
New Barnet 9 22 Finsbury Park
 9.22
 ”
 c 9.1
Cambridge arrive 11,18 King’s Cross "9.8

 DAY RETURN FARES - THIRD CLASS,

 ’S
 FROM King Finsbury Wood New
 Cross Park Green Barnet
 s. do S.d. Sodo So do
 TO
 Cambridge 7o 6c 7„ 4o 60 110 6c 60
 LIVERPOOL STREET TO IPSWICH.


 FORWARDc RETURN.
 a.m. a.m. Pom.
 ,
 "**** *‘ 111 r




Liverpool Street depart 6.10 - Ipswich depart 6.35
Stratford '
 if -
 8® 15 Romford arrive 8. 5.
 "
Ilford
 M -

 8.22 Chadwell Heath 8.12
 "
Chadwell Heath
 " -
 8® 55 Ilford 8.20
 n
Romford Si - 8.40 Stratford 8.30
Ipswich arrive 10. 5 10.30 Liverpool Street ”
 8.40




 DAY RETURN FARES - THIRD CLASS.
 miwiwaxx
 «k«. -<*■*&***tm: nn'iwim »•




 FROM Liverpool Stratford. Ilford Chadwell Romford
 Street Heath
 so cl. Sod. Bo cu So a. s.do

 TO

Ipswich 9c 2. 8. 7o 8. 2c 7. 9 0
 7. 5c



 LIVERPOOL STREET TO NORWICH THORPE.


 FORWARD. RETURN.

 a.m. p.m.
Liverpool Street depart 8. 5 Norwich Thorpe depart 6. 5.
 u
Stratford I!
 »
 8.15 Diss 6.40
 II
Ilford It
 "
 8.25 Mellis
 ”
 6.50
 it
Chadwell Heath If
 H
 8.33 S t owmarke t
 ”
 7.15

Romford ,r
 8.40 Romford arrive 9.15
 "
S t owmarket arrive 10.25 Oh a dwell Heath 9.25
 "
Mellis "
 it
 10.45 Ilford 9.30
Diss "
 1?
 10.55 Stratford
 **
 (!»
 9 0
 40
 ”
Norwich Thorpe
 it
 11.30 Liverpool Street 9.50


 DAY RETURN PARES - THIRD CLASS.



 PROM Liverpool Stratford Ilford Chadwell Romford
 Street Heath

 So do 8. do Sc do So do cj
 o o
 r)
 v_* o




 TO
S t owma rke t 10.6. 10» 2 o 9. 9. 9. 4. 9o 0.
Mellis lie 0. 100 6c 10. 6. 10. 6. 10. 6o
Diss 11. 0. 11. Oo 10. 6 0 10. 6. 100 6o

Norwich Thorpe 11. 6o 11. 6c 11. 6 0
 110 6. 11. 6o



 LIVERPOOL STREET TO MARCH.


 FORWARD, RETURN.

 a o mp a .
 in o Pofflo

Liverpool Street depart 8.10 8.25 March depart 6* 0
Hackney Downs
 "
 8.20 8.25 Ely
 "
 6.30
Cambridge arrive - 10c5 Cambridge
 "
 7 o
 0
Ely "
 - 10.50
 10c 30 Hackney
 Hackney D
 Downs arrive 8.35
March »»
 10.40 Street
 Liverpool
 H
 -
 8 0
 45


 DAY RETURN PARES - THIRD CLASS.


 PROM Liverpool Street Hackney Downs

 TO So do So do
Cambridge 7 o Do 7« 0o
Ely 9«, 5o 8, lie
March 10 So 10 6*
 a o
 MARYLEBONE TO LUTTERWORTH.



 FORWARD. RETURN.
 a. m. Re m,.


Marylebone depart 9. 0 Lutterworth depart 6* 0

Sudbury & H. Road.
 u
 9.16 Rugby 6« 12
 11
Calvert arrive 10.22 Charwelton 6 0 32

Finmere
 ”
 10. 32 Woodford & Hinton "
 6. 41
 ”
 Culworth 6.48
 "
Brackley 10.42
 ”
Culworth
 ”
 10 c 58 Brackley 7.4
 ”
Woodford & Hinton
 n
 11. 5 Fi nine re 7. 13
 » ”
Charwelton 11. 15 Calvert 7. 23
 n




Rugby
 If
 ”
 11.34 Sudbury & H. Road arrive 8. 33
Lutterworth "
 ft
 11.44 Marylebone
 u
 8.49


 DAY RETURN FARES - THIRD CLASS.


 FROM Maryleloone Sudbury & Harrow Road
 s.d. s. d.
 TO


Calvert 6 6 5 5
Finmere 7 2 6 3

Brackley 7 11 6 10
Culworth 8 9 7 8

Woodford. & Hinton 9 2 8 1

Charwelton 9 5 8 5

Rugby 10 6 9 8

Lutterworth 10 6 10 6


 BUST ON TO RUGBY


 Forward.
 a. m.

 Euston dep. S. 30

 Willesden arr. 9.41
 dep. 9.47
 Wolverton arr. 10.50
 dec. 10.54
 Northampton arr, 11.18
 dep. 11.22
 Rugby arr. 11.55


 Ordinary connectional service for Passengers changing
 at Willesden.

 a. m. a. m.

Broad St. dep, 9. 10 Finchley Road dep. 9.31

Dalston "
 . 9 0
 14 West End Lane ”
 9.32
Highbury
 M u
 9.18 Brondesbury 9.34
Camden Town '*
 9.23 Brondesbury Park
 "
 9.35
Kentish Town (West)
 "
 9„ 25
 "
Gospel Oak . 9.27 Queens Park
 "
 9.23
 "
Hampstead Heath 9.; 29 Kensal Green 9.25

 RETURN,
 p. m.

 Rugby cdep. 5. 32

 Northampton ?
 arr. 6. 8
 dep. 6.15
 Wolverton arr. 6,38
 deo. 6,40
 Willesden arr. 7.35
 dep. 7.41
 Euston arr. 7.52

Ordinary connectional service for Passengers changing at Willesden.
 p.m. p.m.
Kensal Green arr. V. 56 Hampstead Heath arr. 8.12

Queens Park 3. 1 Gospel Oak 8. 14
Kensal Rise 8. 4 Kentish Town (West)' 8 .16
Brondesbury Park 8. 5 Camden down 8.18
Brondeshury 7 Highbury 8. 22
West End Lane 3. 9 Daiston 8. 27

Finchley Road 8. 10 Broad Street 8. 32
 DAY RETURN FARES - THIRD CLASS.


 From -
 To -




 Northhampton. Wolverton. Rugby.


 s. d. So do s. d.



London (Euston) 8. 8* So 11. 10. So



Daiston Junction 9. Oo 7. 3, 10 c
 6.
Highbury 8c 10c 7 o 0. 10. 5.

Camden Town
 8.8. 6. 10. 10.6 e



Kentish Town West 8.7. 6. 11. 10.6.

Gospel Oak 8o 7c 6. 10. 10.6.
Hampstead Heath 8. 6, 6,9, 100 6o

Finchley Road 8c 4c 6. 7. 10. 6o
West End Lane 8 0 4. 6. 7. 10. 6.

Brondeshury 8o 3. 6. 7o 100 6 0




Brondeshury Park 8 o
 2 o
 6. So 100 6o
Kensal Rise 8. 2c 6. 5, 10. 4o

Queens Park 8c 2® 6. So 100 5 o



Kensal Green 8c 2 c 6. 4. 10. 4.
Willesden 8.0. 6, 4. 100 3.



 ST. PANCRAS TO OAKHAM,


 FORWARD. RETURN.

 a o m. p o m.

St. Pancras dep. 9.0 Oakham dep. 4.35
Kentish Town O
 O
 A
 \J O Kettering 5.10
West Hampstead 9® 14.
Cricklewood 9o 19 Cricklewood arr. 7.24
 o


 WestHampstead 7 0
 29

Kettering arr, 110230 Kentish Town 7*35


Oakham 110 58 0
 St. Pancras 7.47


Ordinary connectional service Ordinary connectional service
for passengers changing at for passengers changing at
Kentish Town :- Kentish Town:-
 a.m. p.m.

Walthamstow dep. 8.7. Black Horse arr. 8* 6o
Black Horse Road

 Road, 8.9. Walthamstow ”
 8 .9.



 DAY RETURN FARES -
 THIRD GLASS.


 Prom -
 To -




 Kettering, Oakhamo

 So do So do


St. Pancras 9 0 6. 11a Oo


Kentish Town 0 t3 o Ho 0
 o o


Walthamstow 100 1 o 110 Oo
Blackhorse Road 0. 11
 10. • 0 a


West Hampstead r*
 O c




Crikclewood 8 e
 Ho 10 o 6*
 WATERLOO TO EXETER.


 FORWARD. RETURN.

 P*m.
Waterloo dep, 8.30 Exmouth dep. R /I R
 5.45

Semley arr. 11. 2 (Change Exeter Central 6.20
 at Honiton 6.43
 Salisbury) Axminster 7o 5
Temple combe arr. 110 0 Yeovil Town 7,30
Yeovil Town arr. 11j30 (Change at Templecombe 8.0
 Yeovil Semley 3,20
 Junction) Waterloo arr. 10.40
Aminster arr. 11,55


 p,m»
Honiton arr, 12 0
 20
Exeter Central arr, 12043
Exmouth arr. 101 l (Change at
 Exeter
 Central)

 DAY RETURN FARES - THIRD CLASS.

 >3 e
 & c


 From Waterloo to Semley lie 6*
 Templecombe 11c 6®
 Yeovil Town 12 o
 0 o



 Axminster 120 6®
 Honiton 120 6®
 Exeter Central 13® Go
 Exmouth 13® 6®
 21/11/39 -
 Ho. 6.




 FRENCH OFFICIAL COmminique (HORNING)




The following official communique was issued


this morning hy French G.H.Q:-



 Nothing of importance to report


 during the night.
 21st November. 1939
 M.A.F. 99. No 7

 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCEMENT,


 PIGS IN WARTIME


 Solving the Feeding Problem,


 in war-time because have grown
 pigs are a problem we


more and more Into the habit of keeping them on cereal rations

largely imported from abroad. We need the pig meat, but it has

become essential to find means of keeping the pigs that make less

demand upon imported rations and shipping space. It takes from
6 to 7 lb, of concentrated food to produce I lb, of pork or bacon.
Yet 7 lb. of cereals yields about 5 lb, of flour, or 7-g- lb. of bread.


 Ministry of Agriculture have therefore issued'
 The
to-day a leaflet on "Pig Feeding in War Time” that shows in detail
how the present pig population might be maintained and how they could
be fed from the food 1 likely to be available.


 Our pig population represents less than 10 pigs per
holding and while many holdings carry no pigs at all, on others there
are large pig establishments almost independent of land. If

anything the present number of pigs sire to be maintained,
 like there
must gradual return to home-grown rations of the kind used for
 be a


generations before oil cake and other concentrates were known.
There is scope by such methods to keep some pigs on practically all
 those under and of
holdings, even on one acre on
 groups allotments.
Small efforts in the aggregate could lead to a large contribution
of pig meat.


 Turning Waste into Meat,


 On most farms there is a variety of by-products suitable
for pig-feeding. The conversion of grass and arable will provide
more tail corn and more small potatoes. In return there will be
 11
valuable muck",


 Britain is taking no chances in this war, and although
there is no present intention to curtail grain supplies to feeders,
they must be ready for such an
 emergency. They would be wise to
prepare immediately to restrict pig feed, so far as possible, to
materials that cannot be used to feed human beings, such as grass,
 1
roots, silage,millers by-products, damaged grain, dried blood,
dried grains, malt culms, oil cakes and meals, together with surplus
from the dairy, the garden and allotment. The collection of suitable
waste food from shops, houses, gardens and hotels might well be
organised by voluntary effort.


 Special consideration is given in the leaflet* to the
pig or two kept by cottagers, garden owners or allotment holders,
 the of pig to buy,
including type its housing, bedding and feeding.

 The general question of feeding is dealt with by
 dividing
some thirty feeding stuffs into three groups, (l) Protein-rich,
(2) Intermediate, (3) protein-low, starch high. This shows clearly
what feeding stuffs are relatively interchangeable.



 Cereal Ration Halved


 Further economies in meal it is pointed
 feeding, out,
can be made by replacing
 substantial proportion the
 a of meal ration
 such
by potatoes, mangolds, swedes, sugar-beet, kale, grass,
 foods as

and forage crops. An experiment on these lines showed that tne time
taken to reach a live weight of 200 lbs. was, in some instances,
increased by 4 to 6 weeks, but the quality of the carcase was not

appreciably lowered and the cereal requirements were halved.
 Those with access to grazing or woodlands
should give outdoor methods the fullest trial. It is
claimed for then that' they will keep breeding
 save meal,
sows healthy and prolific, produce bigger and hardier
young pigs, improve pasture and utilise valuable food
material such as acorns and beech mast.


 Green food alone will not fatten pigs, but it
will keep them growing with a
 saving of meal. With a

few weeks of sty-feeding on concentrated food at the
end of the grazing period, prime bacon be

produced.

 The Leaflet, "Growmore" Leaflet No. 7 he
obtained free on application a£ the Ministry of Agriculture,
10, Whitehall Place, S.W.I.
 21/11/39 - No 8




 PRESS NOTICE




 Mr W.A. Martin previously reported saved from the


Simon Bolivar is now reported missing. If he is in the


 will he communicate
country please with the company’s agents ?
 21/11/39 -
 Mo. 9




 PRESS NOTICE




 A movement is afoot to revive the Pig Clubs which



were an important feature of village life in the last


war.



 This is part of the Government's campaign to see



that the nation gets enough bacon for breakfast.



 Villagers and allotment holders in all parts of the



country are being encouraged to take up pig-keeping, and


to band themselves together to deal with the common problems.


 Town-dwellers are also being invited to co-operate,


and some local authorities are considering relaxing re-




gulations that make pig-rearing difficult.


 Pig Clubs are to be advised and assisted by the

 1
Ministry of Agriculture and the National Pig Breeders

Association.




MINISTRY Of AGRICULTURE
Circular to all Local Education Circular 1484

 Authorities in Receiving (21st November, 1939)
 Areas and (for information

 only) to Local Education BOARD OF EDUCATION,
 Authorities in Evacuation Kingsway, London, W.C.2.
 and Neutral Areas.


All communications should be
addressed to the Secretary.




 COMMUNAL FEEDING IN RECEPTION AREAS


 1. The Ministry of Health, in Memorandum Ev. 4 of May Ist, 1939,
and the Board of Education, in Circular 1469 of May 19th, 1939, have

pointed out the advantages of the provision in reception areas of communal

mid-day meals for evacuated children. Experience of the conditions in

reception areas has confirmed the belief that arrangements for communal

feeding are very desirable, alike in the interests of the nutrition of

the children, of efficiency and economy in the use of food supplies, and

of the smooth working of the billeting scheme. As stated in paragraph
17 of Circular 1469:



 "It will undoubtedly save much labour to householders in the

 performance of their own household duties if arrangements can be
 made will relieve them of the
 in the receiving district which

 children in the middle
 responsibility of providing a meal for the

 home
 of the day, i.e. if the children are absent from the after

 breakfast till tea time."


The Board therefore desire to urge that Local Education Authorities, in

collaboration with local reception authorities and with such voluntary
bodies as may be in a position to help, should review the position
in their areas with a view to the establishment as soon as possible of

arrangements for communal feeding. In view of the experience of Local

Education Authorities in dealing with the provision of meals for school
 children would in
children, and the fact that provision for evacuated

some cases be made by an extension of existing school canteens, it now


appears to the Board and to the Minister of Health to be desirable that

the organisation of communal meals should be undertaken primarily by the
Local Education Authority, and not by the local reception authority as

 it will
suggested in paragraph 17 of Circular 1469. In county areas


 Local Education to consulc the
however be necessary for the Authority
 regards the needs and circumstances of each district,
reception authority as


and to have regard to any provision which may have been already made,
 bodies.
either by the reception authority or by voluntary


 2. The
 provision of communal feeding is especially desirable in

rural areas where children are billeted so far from the schools which

 that return home dinner.
they attend they are unable to to The food

taken by children to school seldom constitutes a satisfactory meal, and

Local Education Authorities for county areas will be aware that the

Board have, in the past, urged them to provide school canteens for local

children who live at a distance from their schools. With the increase
in the number of long-distance children, such provision has become even

more important.

 3. The double shift system under which many schools will have to

work will inevitably complicate the question of the provision of meals.
If the mid-day meals are served at home and the household contains both

local and billeted children, it may be necessary for the householder to

provide two separate dinners, one for the children attending the morning
session and the other for the children attending in the afternoon.




42478-1
This constitutes an additional argument in favour of communal meals.

On the other hand, it must be admitted that the double shift system may

render very
 difficult the use of school premises as canteens,



 4. The first problem which will arise is that of finding
accommodation. Where suitable premises already in the possession of the

Local Education Authority or the reception authority are not available,
it will no doubt be possible in most cases to secure accommodation by
 with the payment where of reasonable
arrangement owner on necessary a


rent. So far as practicable, the arrangements should be on a part-time
basis, so as to permit of the premises being used for other purposes in

 resort to the
the evenings. It should not normally be necessary to use

 that in
of requisitioning powers.
 The Board recognise, however, some


cases it will be difficult to find premises suitable for the cooking and


serving of meals. Where no accommodation for cooking and serving hot

meals is available, it may be possible to arrange for the provision of a


 "Oslo have consider-
simple cold meal of the breakfast" type. Such meals

able nutritive value but the Board recognise that it might in seme cases


 take them.
be difficult to persuade children to



 Circular school
 5. As stated in paragraph 17 of 1469, where

 the
conteens exist it may be possible to provide mid-day meals for

billeted children at these canteens by an extension of the existing

arrangements. There may also be cases where it would be possible to.
admit evacuated children, on payment of the cost of the food, to feeding
 meals for necessitous undernourished
centres primarily intended for free

children.


 6. As regards the finance of communal feeding arrangements,
Authorities will be aware that no expenditure on the provision of meals
for evacuated children will fall on the receiving Authority. It is


contemplated that the cost of equipment, service, small adaptation's to


existing buildings, and other overhead charges, in so far as they are


 will be regarded evacuation expenditure
not met by voluntary bodies, as


 met Government. The price to be paid for the meal
and will be by the

 fixed to the cost of food.
should accordingly be so as cover




 Education Authority will probably find it convenient
 7. The Local
 of the
to secure, either through the teachers or with the co-operation
 that the householders whom the children
local reception authority, on


 the school billeted informed of the proposed arrange-
attending are are

 the
ments and the cost of the meals, and invited to take advantage of


 thereby relieve themselves of the obligation to provide
system and
 children under their The billeting fees
mid-day meals for the
 care.

 in advance, and it is reasonable to
received by householders are payable
 the for the week s
call on them to furnish the child with necessary money

 school week. It should be made clear that
 the beginning of the
meals at

in any event the money must be paid in advance.



 would
 8. It is parents of some local children
 probable that the

 of any communal feeding arrangements which may
 be
wish to take advantage
 permitted to do
established and it is desirable that they should
 be so.


 the financing of school canteens
In such cases the normal arrangements for

 that is to the cost of the food will be borne by the
will apply, say

 of the children or, in the of necessitous
parents
 case


 Local Education Authority, and the Local Education
children, by the
 exercise their of meeting the cost of
 it is powers
Authority, will, hoped,
 will
 overhead charges. Expenditure on such charges
equipment and other
 of their grant.
be taken into account by the Board for the purposes



 9* As explained in paragraph VI (h) (i) of Circular 1475 the

 free solid meals should not arise in the of
 providing
 case
question of

evacuated children. It is, however, very desirable that any school
 communal Which be
canteens or other arrangements for feeding may

 the of free meals to local
established should be available for giving




42478-1
children who have been found to be necessitous and undernourished and

 whose nutrition cannot, in the opinion of the school medical
 officer, be

fully restored by the giving of free milk. In rural areas and small

towns the provision of feeding centres designed solely for such feeding -




which towns
 is the usual practice in large -
 is impracticable, and the

needs of these children can
 only be met by their inclusion in arrangements
designed primarily for the supply of meals on payment.

 10. Where the accommodation is sufficient to allow of the attendance

pf evacuated mothers and children under 5 years of
 age, it would be

convenient that they should be allowed to attend the canteen on payment
of the gross cost of the meal. The provision of canteens intended
solely for the use of mothers and
 young children would not, however,
come within the province of the Local Education Authority.

 11. Authorities considering the provision of canteens will find

guidance and information as to equipment in the Memorandum No. 3

’’Canteen Meals for School Children” in the series of leaflets "The
Schools in War Time” published by H.M. Stationery Office. This gives
details of the equipment, recipes and quantities suitable for a canteen

 50 school children.
providing dinners for


 Reference may also be made to the following publications, of which

the first two have been
 prepared in consultation with officers of the
Board:-


 (i) The Memoranda on Communal Feeding, prepared "by the Women’ s


 Voluntary Services. These memoranda can he obtained free from the

 Women’s Voluntary Services, 41, Tothill Street, Westminster, S.W.1.

 They have been separately prepared for canteens dealing respectively'
 with 100, 250, 500, 750 and 1,000 children. They give details of

 equipment and minus and quantities for breakfasts, dinners, teas

 and suppers.


 (ii) published by the Association of' Teachers
 11
 11
 School Dinners ,
 of

 Domestic Subjects, 29 - 30 Gordon Square, W.C.1., price l/9.
 full details of
 This gives plans and lay-outs of kitchens and very

 well and quantities suitable for 100 children.
 equipment as as menus



 (iii) "Communal Dietaries in War Time**, published by the Gloucester-

 shire College of Domestic Science, London University Press, l/-.
 details of and quantities suitable
 This gives equipment, menus

 10 100
 respectively for or persons.


 the
 12. In view of the approach of winter the Board regard
development of a system of communal feeding for evacuated children as a


matter of urgent importance and they hope that it will receive the early
attention of the Local Education Authorities for the reception areas.


 which the Local Education Authorities decide to put for-
Any scheme may
 the local authorities in the
ward, after consulation with reception area,
 Form
should be submitted to H.M. Inspector of Schools. Six copies of a

 and additional copies be
suitable for this purpose are enclosed may

 It should be borne in mind that all unnecessary
obtained on application.
 must be avoided and that definite financial commitments
expenditure no


should be entered into until the proposals have been approved by the


Inspector.

 13, The Board would be glad to receive not later than 31st December

particulars of any communal feeding arrangements which may be already in

existence in the Authority's area, together with a brief statement

showing what action is being taken by the Authority in the matter, if

definite proposals have not already been submitted in accordance with

paragraph 12 of this Circular.




D 42478-1 4,500 D/d 113 11/39 PR P 3
 21/11/39. -
 NO.10.

 COMMUNAL FEEDING IN RECEPTION AREAS.

 IMMEDIATE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.

 In view of the approach of winter the Board of Education regard the


development of communal feeding of evacuated children as a matter of



urgent importance.

 A Circular issued by the Board today urges Local Education Authorities


to take immediate steps to review the position in their areas with a view


to the early establishment of arrangements for communal mid-day meals,


and to inform the Board not later than the 31st December of the action



taken.

 In view of the experience of Local Education Authorities in providing


meals for school children it is considered desirable that they should


 the in conjunction with local
undertake organisation, working close recep-


tion authorities* In some areas school canteens already exist and it



may be possible to provide meals for the billeted children by an extension


of the existing arrangements. In other districts the hire of suitable


premises will be necessary.


 Communal mid-day meals are of great benefit to children, especially


in rural districts where the school may be some distance from the billet.


They also make for the economical use of food supplies and assist in the


smooth working of the billeting scheme by relieving householders of the


obligation of providing mid-day meals for the children under their care.



 FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS.


 No expenditure on the provision of meals for evacuated children will


fall on the receiving authority. It is contemplated that the cost of


equipment, service, small adaptations to existing buildings and other

overhead charges, where not being met by voluntary bodies, will be paid


for by the Government. Consequently, the price of the meal should be


fixed to cover only the price of the food.

 Where householders agree that the children billeted on them should

receive such meals, the price will "be met from the billeting allowance.


For local children who may wish to attend,the normal arrangements for
 any

meals at school will apply. Where accommodation is sufficient,evacuated

mothers and children under 5 years of age should be allowed to use the


canteen or centre on payment of the gross cost of the meal, but canteens


 not within the province of the
provided solely for their use would come




Local Education Authority.
 21/11/39 -
 No.12.




 The Secretary of the Admiralty regrets to announce



the following casulties as the result of the sinking of

H.M. minesweeping trawler Mastiff.




 DIED OF INJURIES.




 White, H.A. Leading Seaman C/JX138664



 MISSING.




 Clarke, William Seaman R.N.R.X21741


 Duncan Alexander Stoker Petty Officer C/K61891

 Elson, Charley Leading Stoker C/KX76131

 Horne, G.W, Seaman R.N.R.X21728


 Main, W.D. Leading Seaman R.K.R.X9446
 21.11.39 - no. 13




 AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN.



 German Raider Shot Down*




 The Air Ministry announces




 An enemy aircraft approached the east coast this


morning. It was engaged and shot down by Royal Air Force


fighter aircraft.
EMPIRE AFFAIRS 21.11.39
 No: l4




 CONDITIONS IN ST. HELENA




 The most stubborn problem in St. Helena, the Annual R e port


for which has just been issued (H.M. Stationery Office, No 1909

Price 9d.) is the providing of employment. Until 1659 the


island liad no unemployment problem at all, for the simple reason




that it was unpopulated, but in that year a settlement was formed


under the auspices of the East India Company. Not till 1836

did the Crown formally assume occupation of the Island.


 For some thirty or forty years, St.Helena, lying near the


trade route to the ; ast? enjoyed considerable prosperity, but


the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 inaugurated a decline which


has not yet been fully arrested.


 In 1938, moreover, St. Helena was particularly unfortunate

in that the market price of its principal exports, fibre and its


by-product, tow, fell to such an extent as to result not only in



substantial decrease of exports but also in th e closing of a



number of flax mills in the Colony. This crisis in the fibre



industry led to large numbers of unemployed being put on various



minor works as a form of relief. Expedients were also devised,


to meet this problem of unemployment, in the shape of subsidising


hemp factories, granting concessions for catching fish, and so




 but the numbers of for whom no permanent employment could
on, men




be found continued to increase.



 During 1938 the Island*s exports showed a decrease of £39,162


compared with the previous year, and imports a decrease of £2ls*


 There is which lies in
 obiously no quick road to recovery


the of multitude of small matters. The authorities
 perfecting a



 doin
are certainly : all they can. Much progress, for example,

 made in 1933 with the of the station
 was
 development agricultural

which provides examples that individuals follow. Government
 may


 for labour increased from to
wages 12/- to 15/- a week. And,

deal with the prevailing poverty, made of children's
 a grant was



allowances in connection with relief, and extra
 unemployment

nutriment was provided for. school children
EMPIRE AFFAIRS. 21011039 No. 1 5*




 THE SOUTH AFRICAN £1 ,000 ,000 FUND.




 The £1,000,000 fund, for the -purchase of supplies for


the Allies as sponsored hy the Mayors of the principal cities

in South Africa, received a cheque for £lO,OOO from Miss Elsie


Garlick, member of a well-known Cape Town family. Miss Garlick


stipulated that the money should be used at the discretion of the



British Government, and the Mayor of Johannesburg, who is



Chairman of the fund, has announced that the donation would be


forwarded to London within the next few days 0
 21/11/39 No 16




 MINISTRY. OF FOOD ANNOUNCEMENT


 REGISTERING OF SMALL BACON CURERS




 It is learned at the Ministry of Pood that many


people who are in the habit of buying their bacon from small

bacon curers are hesitating to register with them because they


are not sure whether they will be able to continue to receive


their bacon from this source after rationing beginso


 The public are assured that they need not hesitate


to register where they usually make their When



rationing "begins all sellers of bacon, large or small, will


have the necessary supplies available to meet the requirements


of their registered customers and the same applies to those


who sell butter o
 21/11/39 No. 17.
 PRESS NOTICE.


MR. H. G, MANN, of the Royal
Netherlands Steamship Company,
Baltic House, 27 Leadenhall St,,
E.C,, desires to circulate the

following notice to the Press




 THE LOSS OF THE SIMON BOLIVAR.



 QUEEN WILHELMINA OF THE NETHERLANDS IS


 EXPRESSING THE GREATEST CONCERN FOR THE INJURED
 $


 PASSENGERS AND CREW OF THE LINER SIMON BOLIVAR,


 HER MAJESTY HAS ASKED TO BE KEPT FULLY


 INFORMED OF THEIR PROGRESS.



 In addition to the alteration in the list already published


(Mr. W.A.Martin, previously reported saved, now reported missing)

the London agents wish to make : the following alterations




 Mr. Mai Ping, reported missing, has "been saved and Mr. What


Chou Kwai, reported saved, is now reported missing.

 Miss E. Finbow, who was reported missing yesterday, today


telephoned to the West End offices of the company and reported that


she is a survivor.


 Mrs. and Miss Velleman, previously reported saved, are now



reported missing.

 Of the injured survivors the following are reported to he in


a critical condition:-


 Miss Massiah; Mr. Stier;


 Miss Kitty de Jong; Mr. den Heyer;


 Mrs, Gottselig; Mr. Besson;


 Mr. van Lierop; Mr,. Peifcsman;


 M t* Wielaert; Miss Sandiford;


 Mr. Visser; Mr. Keith;


 Mr, Knevel; Mr, Helwig;


 The Royal Netherlands Steamship Company desire to express the



appreciation of the Dutch authorities for the widespread expressions
of sympathy in this country in the loss of the Simon Bolivar,


and of the helpfulness of the representatives of the British


Press, the staff of the News Division of the Press and Censorship


Bureau, and the hospital and hotel staffs.


 Offers of help are pouring in from all quarters in such


numbers as to be almost embarrassing. People have offered to



place accommodation in their homes at the disposal of survivors;

there have been offers of adoption of orphaned children and many


people have offered parcels of food and clothing for survivors.


 A typical letter received today states "Please find enclosed


a £1 note towards the relief of survivors of the Simon Bolivar.


I am sorry 'my remittance cannot be larger".

 The sender had travelled in the company’s ships in the past,

and is now on National Service.


 Two bodies of victims? now at Harwich, have not been


identified. Anyone who can assist in establishing their identity

should communicate with the Royal Netherlands Steamship Company?

Baltic House? 27 Leadenhall St? E.C.


 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BODIES ARE AS FOLLOWS -




 One woman? 5 ft. 6 in height; aged about



 30 years; blue eyes; straight nose; prominent


 natural teeth? several missing from right upper


 back: average build; high cheekbones; fair or




 light brown straight hair; approximate weight


 100 lb; vaccination mark on the left arm.




 Left foot fractured.


 One man, 5 ft 7 in height; aged about 40;


 light hazel eyes; slightly curved nose; teeth



 natural, good and almost complete; considerable


 head injuries; well built; thin straight dark



 hair, well back from temples; approximate weight


 145 lb; vaccination mark on the left arm; small


 mole on right shoulder.


 A West Indian baby boy (coloured) aged 6 to 8 months


 is in hospital at Dovercourt. His parents have not been traced
 21/11/39 - No. 18»

 PRESS NOTICE



 SPUMPING OF SIRENS


 Press Communique, issued by Sir Auckland Geddes, Regional

Commissioner from N0,12 South Eastern Civil Defence Region:-

 As was announced by the Secretary of State for Air in reply to


a question in Parliament on 26th October last, the Government have



considered whether the Police or some other local authority could be


authorised to sound public warnings at discretion if they hear anti-


aircraft fire or observe an air battle going on, Since, however, air


attacks can change their nature and direction so rapidly that no local


authority can possibly have a comprehensive and continuous view of the



situation, the Government have decided that the sounding of independent


local warnings would be definitely unsafe, and it is the settled policy

that no public warning signal shall be sounded except on the instructions


of the Air Officer commanding the Fighter Commando The question


accordingly arises as to the action to be taken by the public in any area




of this region if they hear the sound of anti-aircraft fire or the



explosion of bombs or observe an air battle going on at a time when the



warning sirens have not been sounded®. It cannot be too strongly


emphasised that the risk of injury from falling fragments of anti-aircraft


shells machine of this
 or
 gun bullets is considerable, and che public


region are urged to regard the sound of anti-aircraft fire or the



explosion of bombs or the sight of an air battle going on in that



vicinity as equivalent to the sounding of the warning sirens, and they


should in such circumstances immediately take shelter* It is



foolhardy and not heroic to stand about in the streets or other public

places for the purpose of watching the combat.
EMPIRE AFFAIRS 21.11.39 -
 No* 19*


 ULSTER PREMIER IN LONDON


 NORTHERN IRELAND HE,JIT AND SOUL WITH ENGLAND.



 Lord Craigavon the Ulster Premier, reached London


to-day and this afternoon called upon Sir John Anderson at the


Home Office, Mr. Morrison at the Ministry of Pood, and Mr.


Churchill at the Admiralty. He also paid a courtesy call upon


Mr. Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, and met Sir James Cooke-


Coilis at the Ulster Agent's Office at 21 Cockspur Street,


S.W.1. Lord Craigavon was accompanied to London by Lady


Craigavon.


 In an interview Lord Craigavon said:-

 "As this is my first visit to London since the


declaration of war, it will be a pleasure when paying courtesy

visits to some of the Ministers, to inform them how splendidly


Ulster people are flocking to the Colours, and that all is well


in our little corner of the United Kingdom.

 "
 I shall be able to assure the Ministers that in



every war aim, we in Ulster will be second to none in hearty


support of our United Kingdom Government. We have only to be


told what is wanted and there will be an instantaneous response*

 "I think the most outstanding feature of the British



home front is the magnificent morale of the people generally.

They fully realise that the result of this war is going to depend

to no small extent upon whether the Allied peoples can exhibit


greater patience than the enemy.


 "The British people have implicit trust in their


leaders at the front and it is apparent that they are carrying on



in the good old British way, ready for anything that might arise.



I feel that the patience of the people at home in these days will


play a great part in the victory which we are sure to attain.



 "The possibility lies before us in Ulster that as



 f
the result of the magnificent response to recruiting, Ulster s




 the last be reached. In the last
high record of war may war our




 effort in the Province efficient if there had
voluntary was as as




been conscription.
 “At this crisis the heads of the fighting

Services allocated to the Ulster area are not only working

in the closest and most friendly co-operation with the



Government, hut have been accepted by the population generally

as supremely efficient- The public confidence in these men in


Ulster is largely responsible for the smooth working of the


recruiting machinery there.


 “A short time ago at the spontaneous request of


the Labour leaders in Belfast, I met them at Stormont


they gave me the fullest assurance of every help they could

render the Ulster Government in doing thc-ir share towards


the prosecution of the war".
 21/11/39 -
 No. 20


 FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OF RESERVE ARMY OFFICERS




 Answering a question in the House of Commons


today as to the future of officers in the Regular Army


Reserve of Officers ?
 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers


and Officers Emergency Reserve Mr, Hore-Belisha said:


The desire of Officers in the various reserves to know


their position and prospects is well understood by the


War Office and to meet this desire a new scheme has been



prepared,


 Interviewing Boards will be established at


various centres. Officers will appear before these


Boards who will report upon their qualifications. The War


Office will then inform the Officers whether they are likely


to "be required within three months or six months or whether


their prospects of employment are remote. It is hoped that



this arrangement will enable the Officers in question to make

their plans with greater certainty.

 Details of the scheme and the classes of Officers to



whom it is applicable will he published




THE WAR OFFICE,


 So Wo 1*
 WAR OFFICE,



 "REVIEW OF OFFICER RESOURCES".




 NOTICE FOR THE PRESS AND SUBJECT MATTER FOR B.B.C. BROADCAST.




 The War Office since the
 announce that, outbreak of war a
 large
number of letters, telephone calls and visits has been received from

members of the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, Territorial Army Reserve
of Officers and Army Officers* Emergency Reserve enquiring when they are
likely to be called up.


 The War Office realise the zeal of members who are entered in the
various Reserves and their keenness to be of the best possible use to the
Army and the Nation at this time. The members of these Reserves will, on


their side, understand that it is impossible for the Army to require the
services of all simultaneously, it being of the essence of a Reserve that
it should be available to be called up when and as needed to provide for
expansion or to fill vacancies which may occur. The scheme now proposed
by the War Office will make it possible to give an indication in advance
to the members of these Reserves of the stages at which their services may
be called upon. While it is obviously not possible to give actual dates
when anyone will be called upon in the future period of hostilities it is

hoped that it will be a convenience to members of the Reserves to know
whether they are placed in the first, second,- or third Divisions described
below.


 In order, therefore, that the War Office may be in a position to
inform members of these Reserves who belong to certain Arms and categories
how they stand in relation to future employment it has been decided to

arrange for these included in such Arms and categories who are resident in
Great Britain and Northern Ireland to appear before
 Boards, the location
of which is given at the end of this where they will be notice, interviewed,
and (with certain exceptions) medically examined.


 'The War Office will, after consideration of all the information

available, including the report of the Board, inform each individual

concerned, either



 that he is likely to be required for service in the near

 future, probably within three months, (to be known as

 Division "A"),

 or, that he will be called up for service when suitable

 employment is available, but probably not within three
 months at the earliest, (to be known as Division "3"),

 or,
 that there is little likelihood of his employment for’
 a considerable period and’certainly not within six months,
 as far as can be foreseen, (to be known as Division "C").

Any member of the Territorial Army Reserve OffiCers the
 Army Officers
 1
 of or

Emergency who
 Reserve placed in Division "C"
 is for whom military and no


employment can he foreseen, will in all probability he released from his
undertaking to come up for service when called upon to do so.




 / The
 The instructions given below will therefore apply only to the
following officers and members of reserves*

 (a) Regular Army Reserve of Officers,


 Officers below the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel of the



 Cavalry
 Royal Armoured Corps
 Royal Artillery
 Infantry


 (b) Territorial Army Reserve of Officers.


 Officers below the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the


 Horsed Yeomanry

 Royal Armoured Corps
 Royal Artillery
 Royal Engineers
 Royal Corps of Signals
 Infantry
 Royal Army Service Corps
 Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

 Army Officers* Urgency Reserve,


 Members Of the Army Officers*...Emergency Reserve who had by
 •the 20th November, actually been notified of their enrolment
 and are noted for duty in the under-mentioned, categories :


 Commands and Staff
 Horsed Cavalry
 Royal Armoured Corps, including Royal Tank Regiment
 Royal Artillery
 Royal Engineer« and General Engineering
 Branch only).
 Royal-Corps of Signals
 Foot Guards and Infantry
 Royal Army Service Corps
 Royal Army Ordnance Corps
 AuxilaryMilitary Pioneer Corps ( formerly Labour
 Corps).
 General List.


 Any enrolled member of this Reserve who has not been previously
 informed of his category will be notified before the 27th of
 November.


 The procedure for arranging interviews will be as follows



 Officers of the Regular Army Reserve of Officers and Territorial

 Reserve of Officers will report possible, and in any
Army as soon as case

not later than the
 30th November, 1939, in writing to the Adjutant of the

Reception Unit nearest to their place of residence, asking for an interview.


 It is emphasised that the attendance of all officers 'below the
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel belonging to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers
and Territorial Army Reserve of Officers who have not yet been called up for
service is compulsory. If, however, a Reserve Officer is ill and is unable
to attend for some time, he must notify the Adjutant of the Reception Unit
when he applies for an interview, the approximate date by which he
will be able to report*




 / Array
 Army Officers* Emergency Reserve.


 Enrolled members of the Army Officers* Emergency Reserve’in the
above categories and any others 27th November, 1939, be
 who
 may before
notified that Board is necessary, should between
 their attendance before a


the 1st December and 13th December, 1939, send a written application for
an interview, quoting their reference number,„ unless they have actually
accepted a War Office offer of employment.


 Any of the above members of the Army Officers* Emergency Reserve
who do not apply between the stated dates for an interview or who fail to
attend for an interview on an appointed date without reasonable excuse will
be presumed to be unwilling to remain in that Reserve,


 No member of the above Reserve should send in his application
before 1st December, 1939. Those who have been notified of their acceptance,
 members of that Reserve after the 20th
as
 November, 1939, should not apply
until instructed to do so.



 In order to avoid unnecessary correspondence members of the

Regular Army Reserve of Officers, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers and
Army Officers* Emergency Reserve are specially requested not to communicate,
except as mentioned above, either with the War Office or with Reception
Units.


 After these existing members of the Array Officers*'Emergency
Reserve who are above referred to, have all been interviewed, those whose

applications to join it are pending will in due course be notified as to

the arrangements that may be made for their interview.


 Anyone now contemplating enrolling in the Army Officers* Emergency
Reserve hut who has not
 yet applied in writing to join it, is requested to
await a further announcement before applying.


 It will he noted that Officers of the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
and above of the Regular Army Reserve of Officers and Territorial Army
Reserve of Officers are not being asked to appear before an Interviewing
Board,


 Lieutenant—Colonels and those more "senior are classified
 according
to their age, experience, qualifications and, in particular to the length
of time since they last served on the Active List, Such officers are

considered as and when vacancies occur for command and staff appointments, find
as casualties occur or new appointments are created on the expansion of
the Army, They are therefore requested not to write or call at the War
Office in order to obtain more definite information, since the date of their

employment depends on circumstances which cannot exactly be forecast.


 Those members of the Army Officers* Emergency Reserve who are not

included in the categories mentioned will he the subject of a further

announcement at a later date. In the meantime they also are requested
not to correspond with the War Office as to their future prospects.

 In conclusion, the War Office wish it to he known by all members
of the Reserves mentioned that if they are engaged in
 any of the Civil
Defence Services they will he allowed to retain any post they may hold until
they are called up for military service.

 As regards those placed in the third Division (Division "C"), i.e,
not likely to he required for six months or
 more, the War Office with the

concurrenoe of the Ministry of Home Security suggest that these who have
not already done so should consider offering their services to the local
Civil Defence forces until such time as they may he required for military
service.




 / The
 The Reception Units are located at the following places and the
address of the nearest Reception Unit to applicants place of residence
should "be carefully noted


 Marischal College, Aberdeen.


 No. 15 Newport Road, Cardiff.

 Queen's University, Belfast.


 University, Edgbaston, Birmingham,

 Hawthorn Hotel, Woodland Road, Tyndall's Parle, Bristol.

 Old Schools, University of Cambridge, Cambridge.

 College Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 2.


 High Schools Yards, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, 1.


 O.T.C, Headquarters, University Avenue, Glasgow, W.2,

 Lifton House, 41 University Road, Leeds, 2,


 O.T.C. Headquarters-, Street-North, Liverpool,

 O.T.C. Headquarters, Manchester, 13,


 University College, University Parle, Nottingham.


 O.T.C. Headquarters, Manor Road, Oxford,
 104 Kendrick RD
 Q.T.C. Headquarters, The University-, Reading.


 O.T.C. Headquarters, St. George’s Square, Sheffield, 1.


 St. Andrew's University, Butts Wynd, St. Andrews, Fife.

 Armoury House,Finsbury, London, E.C.1.

 Headquarters, The Artists Rifles, Duke's Road, Fuston Rd., W.C.l


 10, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, London, W.C.2.

 Elverton
 1, Street, Westminster, London, S.W.1.

 University Buildings, Gandy Street, Exeter.


 O.T.C. Headquarters, University College, Highfield,Southampton.
 21/11/39 -
 No. 22
Please do not quote War Office
as official source.




 THE CHEVRONS CLUB




 His Majesty the King has been graciously


pleased to send a donation to the Chevrons Club.


 The Club is to be restored to full strength


and re-equipped. For this purpose a sum of £50,000 is


required. The Honorary Treasurer is The Rt. Hon. Reginald

 The Midland Bank, Poultry, The
McKenna, P.C., London, E.C.2.


appeal has been signed by Field Marshal the Duke of Connaught;

Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Chatfield; the First Sea Lord, Sir



Dudley Pound; the Chief of Imperial General Staff, General


Sir Edmund Ironside; and Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyril Newall.



 The King is patron of the Club, which is for


Chief Petty Officers and Petty Officers of His Majesty’s

Navy, Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers of all


branches of the Army, Air Force and the Royal Marines.

 The Headquarters of the Club are at 74-76?

St. George's Square, London, S.W. 1. Donations will also be


received by any of the 2100 town and country branches of the


Midland Bank.




WAR OFFICE,
S.Y/.1.
BOARD OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENT. 21/11/39. - m 23.



 EXAMINATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS.



 In a Memorandum just issued by the Board of Education, Local


Education Authorities are advised to take early steps to decide


which of the two following methods of conducting the examinations


to secondary Schools and Junior Technical Schools they desire to



adopt in 1940*

 The alternative methods are




 (a) The Receiving authority should carry out the examinations


 on behalf of the Sending Authority of Authorities. In


 that case it would be for the Sending Authority to make


 awards for their evacuated children on their performance

 in that examination.


 (b) The papers should be set and marked and the awards made



 by the Sending Authority of Authorities for their


 evacuated children o
 The children would sit for the


 examination in their Reception Areas under arrangements


 to be settled between the Receiving Authorities and


 Sending Authorities.

 It is assumed that Authorities will continue to award the


same percentage of Special Places as in previous years.

 The Board also express the hope that no child in a reception


area.will he deprived of education pending the settlement of


financial and other problems connected with official and unofficial


evacuation now under consideration by a Committee representing the



various Associations of Authorities.
EMPIRE AFFAIRS, 21/11/39 - No. 24.




 TIN EXPORTS




 The following are the figures of tin exports

for October 1939 cabled by the countries participating

in the restriction scheme:




 Netherlands East Indies 6,182 tons


 Nigeria 3 ~121/
 »




 Bolivia 3,916
 "




 Malaya 6,426 "




 Thailand 1,664 "




 Belgian Congo 980 "




 French Indo China not yet received.
EMPIRE AFFAIRS, 21/1-1/39 -
 No. 25.




 CHRISTMAS TURKEYS.


 PLENTIFUL SUPPLIES IN ULSTER,




 It is likely that there will be plentiful supplies

 of well-finished turkeys for the Christmas trade, states



 the Ulster Ministry of Agriculture,

 The number of turkeys being fattened for the Christmas


 markets is well up to normal in most districts, but the


 supplies of geese are expected to be somewhat smaller


 than usual.


 In some areas a start has already been made with


 marketing the birds, and the prices paid for turkeys


 by whosesale merchants to producers in Northern Ireland


 have varied from 9d. to 1/3d. ,
 while geese were fetching

 from 4d. to sid per lb live weight. It is expected that


 in some districts a fair proportion of the Christmas


 poultry will be consigned directly to firms in Great


 Britain.


 Meat prices in Ulster have shown no more than a slight

 seasonal increase since the outbreak of war.
 21/11/39 -
 No 26.



AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN




 Add German Raider Shot Down




The Air Ministry announces




 The enemy aircraft which was shot down today was a




grey and blue Dornier 17 Twin Engined reconnaissance bomber,


commonly known as the "Plying Pencil.". It was flying high

over the sea off Deal when it was sighted by three petrolling


British fighters, who immediately gave battle.

 As the fighters came
 up in formation to attack, the



Dorneir dived to evade its pursuers o




 The fighters broke formation and each fired hursts.


Smoke poured from the German aircraft as it went into a spin

and finally plunged into the sea.
 The War Office,


 London, 8. S.W.1.

 21st November, 1939.


 ORKNEY AND ZETLAND PROTECTED AREA




 An Order under the Defence Regulations, which will


become operative on 1st December, 1939, has been signed by the


Secretary of state for War declaring the Counties of Orkney and


Zetland a Protected Area.



 The effect of this Order will be that on and after


that date no person, other than those specified below, will be



allowed to remain in or enter the Area without a Permit.


 Forms of application for Permits can be obtained by


personal or written application to the Military Permit Office,


Passport Office, Dartmouth Street, Westminster, 3.7.1., or to


Military Permit Office, 5, St. Andrews Square, Edinburgh 2.


 Permits to enter the Area will only granted for entry


by way of certain prescribed Sea and Air Ports. The Sea Ports



are Aberdeen, Leith, Pick and Thurse and the Air Ports are




Aberdeen, Inverness and Tick.



 The Order does net apply


 (a) to any person in receipt of pay as a member of any
 of His Majesty’s forces or of any police force in

 the United Kingdom and who is on duty.

 Official
 (b) to any person who is a holder of an Pass

 (D.R. Form 1).

 (c) to any foreign officer or official who is the holder

 of a Foreign Official Pass (D.R.Form 10).

 of 16 years.
 (d) to any person under the age


 (e) to any Dockyard Employee certified to be employed
 within the said Area.


 alien, who Ist
 (f ) to any person, net "being an enemy on


 December, 1939, is resident in the Counties of Orkney
 Zetland. Such persons may leave the Area temporarily
 without obtaining a Permit to return, provided they
 present their National Registration Identity Cards for

 endorsement at the Port of Departure.
 This endorsement will be cancelled at their Port

 of Arrival cm return.


 persons/
 persons claiming exemption from the provisions of


the Order wild be required to produce evidence that they are




exempted. Residents must provide their National Registration


Identity Cards stamped by a police officer belonging to one of



the Police forces in the area.
 21/11/39* -
 No. 28*




 FOR PRESS & BROADCAST.




 The Ministry of Pood announce that


although consumers have been asked to register by


Thursday, 23rd November, retailers should not overlook


the fact that Naval, Military and Air Force personnel


drawing supplies from local shops and persons holding


travellers’ books are not required to register. When


 supplies to will
rationing is introduced the retailers


include supplies for such customers.



 It is also announced that the entry of


 sufficient
a retailer’s name on the Emergency Ration Gard is



for registration.
Not for Publication or 21/11/39. -
 HO. 29.
Broadcasting Before the

Morning of Nov. 22nd,




 STATEMENT FOR PUBLICATION.




 The Ministry of Economic Warfare is instituting the



system in the near future to assist bona fide trade between



neutral countries. This system will be made available in the


first instance between the United States of America and certain


neutral countries adjacent to Germany. It is hoped that the


system will be extended ultimately to cover a large proportion

of the trade between overseas neutrals and adjacent neutrals.


Navicerts may be described as "commercial passports" in respect of



consignments which have been approved by His Majesty’s Represen-

tatives before shipment from the country of origin. This system


was applied during the last war, and proved successful, many


neutral shippers taking advantage of the facilities this sytem


accorded.


 Goods covered by navicerts will receive favoured treatment at


Contraband Control and the whole of whose is
 Bases, ships, cargo


covered by navicerts will be subject to the minimum of delay.


 Shippers in the United States who desire to avail themselves


of the convenience of navicerts should furnish His Majesty’s

Representatives with details of the goods they desire to export,


their nature and quantity, country of destination and the name and


address of consignee, or, as soon as available, the name of the


vessel in which the goods are to "be shipped and the date of


shipment. Application forms will he obtainable from His



Majesty’s Embassy or Consulates and should be submitted to them


when completed.




MINISTRY Of ECONOMIC WARFARE,

Press Section,
AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN 21/11/39 -


 Mo. 50.




 AIR RAID WARNING IN EAST YORKSHIRE.



 The Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security


announce:-




 Air raid warnings were sounded in the Humber


 district at 7-15 this evening.
 21/11/39. -
 no. 31*




 FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE (EVENING)




 The following official communique was



issued this evening from French G.H,Q:-



 The day has "been notable for an artillery


 duel to the East of the Saar and also to


 the East of the Vosges. The two air forces


 have been active. An enemy reconnoitring


 plane was brought down within our lines. Two


 fighters were brought down in flames over the



 enemy lines. All our aircraft rejoined

 their bases.
AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN 21/11/39 .
 -
 No. 32.




 ’Plane in Balloon Barrage.




 The Air Ministry regrets to announce that


yesterday afternoon a British civil aircraft inadvertently

flew into one of the Balloon Barrages and was Brought down.



 The two occupants were killed.
Air Ministry Bulletin. 21/11/39 - N0.55.




 ADD AIR RAID WARNING IN EAST YORKSHIRE.




 The Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security


announce:-




 Enemy aircraft were observed on the East Coast



shortly after seven o’clock this evening.


 The raiders were reported to be flying at various



altitudes.


 Fighter aircraft were sent up to intercept them and


anti-aircraft batteries engaged them.


 The "raiders passed 1
 '
 signal was given shortly before


8.30 p.m.


 No "bombs were dropped *