FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION 
EVENING BULLETIN ~Q.=._.2_l_t 
21 S:CPTEMBER ~.92_9 
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 
The German wireless on September 20th attributed to the London Correspondent of the 11Popolo d'Italia" a statement that the British Admiralty had held up since the beginning of the war 520 neutral ships, whose cargoes had been confiscated. 
In fact the number of neutral ships detained for examination by the British contraband control up to September 20th was approximately 200. Of these more than 80 were released with their ent i re cargoes, either imaediately after consideration by the Contraband Committee, or after inquiries about the ultimate destination of their cargoes had been satisfactorily answered. 
The cargoes) or part of the cargoes 9 of the remainder have been unloaded at British ports and are being held .by the Admiralty Marshal. The ships themselves were allowed to proceed on their wayo In many cases, where the cargo is not enemy property and was shipped before the outbreak of war, it will be released to the owners by agreement with the Procurator­General 1 s Department. In other cases it will come before the Prize Court in due course for condemnation. 
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® Mr. Hore Belisha, British Minis ter for War, accompanied @ by Lord Hankey has just returned from Paris where he @ met M. Daladier, the President of the Council of @ Ministers, and General Gamelin. 
@ After his conference before rcturn1ng to England the @ Secretary of State took the opportuni ty of meeting @ the Commander·-in-Chief of the B::.0i t ish forces in France and @ seeing: scnm of' the British troops in Fr2nce. He @ found these :in fine condition and good heart. 

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MORNING PAPERS OF FRIDAY 9 22nd SEPTEMBER, 1939. 
@ The King has been graciously pleased to approve the @ appointment of Mr. Charles Edward Shuter Dodd, Counsel]or @at His Majesty's Embassy at Buenos Aires to be His Majesty's @ Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Panama @ and Costa Rica in sucaes·sion to Mr. F, E, F. Adam, C. M. G. , 
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@ The King has been grae-iously pleased t_o approve the @appointment of Sir Geoffrey George Knox, KoC.M.G., formerly @His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary @at Budapest to be His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and @ Plenipotentiary at Rio de Janeiro :iLn succ.ession to Sir Hugh @Gurney, K.C.M.Go, M.V. Oo 9 who is shortly retiring. 
·:: [ILITARY AFFAI RS . 
LANCASRIHJ; PRIVATE ' S GALIANTRY. 
The General Officer Cbmmander in Chief Western Command has expressed his ayyreciation of an act of gallantry by Pte H. Roberts of a distinguished Lancashire Regiment. 
When Roberts was on duty on September 2, a lorry to vrhich a balloon vras attached and on which three other men were seated$ was struck by lightning. 
Roberts was flung clear of the lorry. 
Altho burned on the left arm and suffering from shock, Roberts at once crawled back to the lorry and bravely assisted in dragging out t wo men vrho had not been thro,,rn clear. 
Roberts, who had shown complete disregard of danger, was later removed to hospital. 
R~CUITING IN CYPRUS. 
There is great enthusiasm in Cyprus over the opportunity, now for the first time afforded to the islanders, of joining the British Army. Some di sappointment has been expressed at the fact that the numbers required are at present limited, and it is anticipated that the supply of recuits will far exceed the demand. The question of increasing the number of men r equired 'Nill be examined when it has been possible to compute the number likely to be availableo 
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1\. de::.,mt a tion of l e acling Ar ab citizens of A.DI:N headed by SHli.MS EL UL:CMA Seiyid A"mULLAJ:i AIDRUS, waited on the Governor yesterday to express their loyalty and to offer whole hearted support and Co·~,operation to Bis Majesty's Government in the present War. 

GU.\BDING AGAINSJ_EPI~~.:!;..~cs AMONG 
SCHOOL CHILDRE}T 
The evacuation of school children has been carried out at one of the he2,lthiest periods of the ye8,r. As a result, ahe children novv have three Yvhole months in which to shake a.own before the ilepidemic monthsn of the year, which are Jenuary, February and 1'1.Larch, begin. 
Attention is called to this favourable circumstance in the second of the series of leaflets entitled "The Schools in War-time" which the Board of Education is sending to local education authorities and all schools in reception areas. 
Describing some simple precautions against epidemics of diseases spread by 11 droplet 11 or air-borne infection, the leaflet states that evacuation has necessitated the mingling in the same houses a11.d to some extent in tl1e same schools of urban children with rural children 2.nd of children from great cities with children of much smaller towns. 
11 Tovm children have as a rule been much more exposed to the 
risk of those kinds of infectious diseases (e.g. measles, scarlet 
fever or diphtheriE>) which are spread by 11 droplet' ninfection than

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country children. 'I'hey are therefore much more likely to be 
protected ago,inst them either by havi'.lg had a previous c.ttack or, 
a.s is less gener2,lly known, by previous ex:cJOsure to their 
infections without ai.1y c.p-parent attack; in other words, their 
immunity level is h:!.gher than that of rural children.n 

Commenting on the fact t:1u.t there is en interve.l of three months before the ,;phl.en1.:iJ; months of the year begin, the memorandum states ~ nrn this ~Jeriod of respite \·:e have to acclimatise the tovvn children to more rural conditj ons. Two sovereign preventives will help us -:'."_"resh air and c:woide:.ner:~ of over-crowding. The double-shif-c s~/stern, if it be i.n use he,s the great advantage of allowing one set of children to bs in the open air for half the a_ay, Head t eo..chers can greatly h8lp in the prevention of epidemics by seeing t hat every possible windou in the schoolroom, or in the premises us0d for school vrnrk, is, durin::; ·che coming autumn monthsy opened to its V'liclest exten-'c, Ji 
It i s pointed out that i f there should be any danger of over­crowding i -C. may be possible to hold some of the cle,sses in the open air. llcrcover tea,chers can do great service by urging the importance of the ope~1 window in bedroo111s. Ntcny cottages and country houses h 2ve muc~1 Sdaller windows in proportion to t he size of the room than have t he more modern town houses from which t he evacG.:i.ted children corae ,~,nd some of the most. }Jicturesque cotto,ges are by no means well ventil2.ted. 
The memorandwn concludes ; 
'1If v:re rf12ke the best use of the fine ;:mtumn we.:,ther, so often the most delightful sed.son of the yeo,r, which the Report of the Epidemics in Schools Corirmittee shovvs also to be one of its he althiest, we may h2,Ve 2,ccomplished the ri1ixing of town cmd country children in <l safe and gr CJ.dual interchc:mge of their respective stre,ins of infection which n10,y diminish any tendency to epidemics of the 'droplet' or a ir-borne infectious diseQses in the forthcoming ·winter se;:;-;,son of 1940. 11 
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FROM THE JJIINISTRY OF INFORM.A.:l'ION 
No. 2. -21L9/39 
THE SAILOR'S GROG 
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth the scale of victualling for the Navy, man or boy, included one gallon of beer a day. Beer was issuea. because the :r:resh water, then kept in casks or wooden tanks, became unpalatable after a few clays at sea. Towards the end of the 17th century, the beer supplied by the contractors was often of an infamous description, notwithstanding the fact that the brewer had to make oath that he had used a proper proportion of malt and hops. 
To remedy the evil, the Navy Commissioners caused brewhouses to be established at Goverrunent yards. The quality improved, though even so it was found im:;ossible to stow more th.an a few weeks' supply on board men-o'-war. This difficulty led to an extension of a practice of issuing spirits or wine instead, until, between 1832 and 1835, the brewing of beer for the Navy finally ceased. 
How -~h~_._name ori;:;in1?.-..~.~d. 
Rum, when first introduced in the West Indies, v-vhere it v.ras a local product, was issued undiluted in a generous ration of half-a-pint in two servings. It was in 1740 that Adrniral Vernon, whose nickname was "Old Grog" because of a grogram coat he wore in bad weather, instituted the practice of watering the rum before issue. He earned a certain unpopularity among the sailors; but the mixture of' rum and water became knovm as "grog", and is known by the same name to-dayc. 
The spirit ration was reduced from half'-a-pint to one gill in 1824, in which year tea first became part of the standard Naval ration. Two years later, however, the substitution of the imperial measure for the wine hitherto used added onc-..,.fif'th to the ration, and grog was served out morning and evening. 
In 1850, after repeated complaints by cormnanding officers, the ration of rum was diminished by half, and the evening tot was done away with. At the same time, officers and men were given an increase of pay to compensate for the loss of it. It was at this sfu~e period that the issue of raw spirit was discontinued, the allowance of rum was ordered to be mixed with three parts of water, and was not to be issued to midshiJll!l.elfll. and boys except in special circumstances. 
Limited to Men over 20. 
In 1881, again, the spirit ration was done away with for officers, other than warrant officers, and was limited to men over 20 years of age. 
Nowadays, the daily spirit ration is one-eighth of a pint to all men over 20 years of age, or an allowance (grog money) at the rate of twenty-one shillings a quarter. The allowance of rum for the ship's company is mixed with two parts of water and issued on deck every day, usually at dinner time, in the presence of an officer. Chief Petty Officer and Petty Officer may draw their rum un:iiluted. 
No officers are entitled to the issue of a spirit ration unless they are detached on particular service and the mess stores are not available, or unless the order is given to nsplice the Main Brace", which has several times been ordered of recent years on the occasion of the Fleet being revievved or inspected by His Majesty the King. When the r!lain brace is Oroeretlcto! be splic:ed an extra ration of rum is issued to all officers and men over the age of twenty. 
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And here are the substitutes. 
Abstainers 9 and officers and men less than t·wenty years of age, arc allowed one-twentieth of a pint of lime juice and one ounce o-r' sugar inste ac1. 
But rum is no longer so popular in the Navy as it used to be. About 60 per cent of the men prefer the one-and­eightpence a week "grog money" instead of the spirit ration. Apart from the Service cocoa issued on turning out in the morning, the staple beverage on board His Majesty's ships is now the tea of the average British household. This is now officially recognized, since in all modern vess.els-of-war boiling water for tea-making is laid on to every mess-deck. 
FROM THE £:~INISTRY OF INFOill:i.:l.TION N0.3. 21/9/39 
YiHAT IS HAPP:ClUNG IN THE NORTH 
Calmness, confidence, courage , cheerfulness -these char acterise the 1var e..ttitude of the public in the eight counties of the Northern Commend. Soldiers and civilivna are working determinedly snd enthusiastic2,lly side by side. 
Every regimental depot is a hive of activity. Soldiers seem to be everyqhere. -,~fomen, too, are in khaki -for the 
L.T.S. are nmv doing a men's job with outst8.llding success.In their trim khaki uniforms, the Homen,mam.y of 1Nhom are married and have left children with friends in reception areas, are quite in keepinz with their milit a,ry surroundings. 
·~uietly snd efficiently, the people have made their plans, Children have been evacuated from the busy industrial tovms, black outs h ave been perfected by continuous, thorough rehearsals. 
"THE BE,~kS f,RE STILL :i~UT NOT TEE l . .:ENn 
A month ago the ni.zht sky we,s stabbed by countless searchlight bean1s. To-day the bearas vre still -but the men are active. 
The stocky Yorkshirem8.ll and the unemotiona,l Northwnbrian puff their short pipes and carry on as usual. The civilian gas mask has become a fifth limb. 
National Service recraiting continues steadily. For instance, over 26,000 applic<J,tions for enrolment were received at Vifest Riding offices of the Ministry of Le,bour in 12 days. 
Army recruiting proceeds by lea,ps and bounds. £..":any recruiting officers have found it impossible t o dea,l \Y i th the large number of appliccmts. On one day in the Newco.stle district more than 500 men were waiting to be medically exaL:i.ined and attested. A q_ueue had formed as early as six a.m. 
TEN-POUND-A 'iiTEEK JOBS S''.CHIFICED. 
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It is remarkable tho.,t many Den wishing to enlist hold important key positions or are first-class tradesmen. Some have £10-a-vrnek jobs. 
Old soldiers throughout the Northern Command are so keen to rejoin the Colours that they are resorting to varioas kinds of subterfuge in an effort t o a.ecei ve the recruiting authorities. 
Lt Nevrnastle one ca1ler of military bearing 1vas at least 65. 
nHow old <ffe you? 11 :.sked the zone recruiti11g officer. 
nForty-two, sir, n vrc,s the prompt reply . 
HAre you m2rried?n 
riyes. 11 
This means the,t eopplicants must produce the all-revealing birth certificate! 
Jt letter from one applicant stated, nr run just over 40 years of a~e. I served with the Durhan Light Infentry before the Great d 2T' and went to Fr ance in 1914, etc. ii He h o,d over-looked the fact that to be servinc; before 1914 he must now be at least 44 years of s,ge 1• 
A me,n of 73 offered himsel f for active ~.rrny service e,t Derby. He first joined the f:.r my in 1885, served in Ind.i v,, the Boer Wc;r c:Jnd the Gre2.t \far. 
Three sons serving in the /~my end c. fourth ready to join the Eilitia is the record of ex-SergeQnt-Major J.T. Rowlo..y, of Thorne, near Done aster. 
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HO-d THE TROOPS --~RE EN'TERTAINED 
Extensive plans are being made to entertain the soldiers, Troops stationed in Bradford have been given film entertainment. Anti-aircraft crews are to be provided with games, magazines and illustrated papers. These men, who have taken up their Yvork with great zeal and cheerfulness, are scattered over a wide area, which makes the ordinc.ry communal entertainment of a battalion impossible. 
(The power of good literature to comfort and suste,in the carapaigner was proved in the last war when a serie~ of broad­sheets were issued which could be included in letters to serving soldiers.) 
The arrival of the second batch of Militiamen on September 15 was of considerable public interest. Many of the men arrived the night before they were due; some in the early hours of the morning. At least 75 per cent. had reported by mid-d&y. A friendly, feminine atmosphere was provided by the A.T.S. who formed unofficial reception committees and handed round tea and sandwiches. 
The enthusie.sm of these newcomers was illustrated by one young fellow vrho said, nTo blazes with the football; when do I go to Berlin? 
THIS IS THE NEW 11TIPPEBARY11 
Popular song of the new ]1~ilitiruaen is a parody of the Bend Yfaggon song, 11 Run, Rabbit, run. 11 For t1Rabbitt1 they substitute "Adolf11. 
Welcoming the l\ilitiamen at a Northern Command clepot was 56-year-old Privo,te Mile s Kennyj v;rith 39 years' service to his credit. He has sto,yed on 2.ll these years in the .Army 11 because I like it, and I like the company -you see, I'm a bachelor. n At the same depot Yrns 14-year-old band boy George Fairbanks, son of en ex-soldier. 
One Depot Cowmanding Officer prizes two letters left behind for some of his sergeants. One, signed by 17 of the July batch of 1'-Iilitirunen, reads:­
11Dear Sergeant. -This is intended to be a small token of our very re0l appreciation of the mGnner in which we in this be,rre..ck room have been treated by you. 
11 \.'!e shall one ai'ld all remember in the future the many happy hours vvhich we have spent with you, hours which, but for your kindness and goodwill, v-rnuld doubtless have been far less h appy. 11 

Doesn't tho,t explod.e the hoary music hall gag of the bullying, bootle-nosed sergeant? 
rrBusiness a,s usual n is the H10tto of the people in the Northern Command area. IndustriG.lists and agriculturalists alike are prepared to make any sacrifices which "sill lead Britain to victory. 
The c2,lrn, unemotional, cheerful spirit of the North has never been more marked than it is to-day. 
FROJ:{l_TI-T~_MINJS.'J'lGr'. OF I.&lJ~~OJ5MAJION. N0. :4.. 21/9/39. 
BR~11§..H A~RMX~U~T:t~~2.R'11__~ _PREPAREDNES.§. 
The ciu:L_ckest way to a conception of the magnitude of our present War effoPt. is to compare the si tuation as it is to-day with the s i tuatj~on :in 1911+0 
When the: Great War broke out in 1914 our available resources consisted of a Navy 9 then9 as nmv 9 fully eg_uippero and ready to go anywhere 9 an Expedition2:-y Fo:r.•ce. of six· Divisions, our overseas g,ar.J?isons 9 and a partially trained Territorial Force with a nominal str•ength of ur1c.ler 2:00 9 000 men. The Royal Flying Corps was a comparativeJ.y small arm, for military flying was then in the eXperimental stage'. Wew<.:x•e practically without reserve o,f arms, equipment 9 or munitions. 
Lord Kitchener immediately launched his famous appeal 9 and the result was the formation of what was po-pu·larly known as "Kitchener's Army,, o K:l tcherwr' s Army ultimately grew to be a force of overwhelming size and sti'.'ength, but in its infancy it suffered from all the tr•oubles attendant upon improvisation; and· for many months the task of' supporting the French Army in the field and maintaining the peri1ous1.~l thin 1ine in Flanders and Belgium had to be delegated to o•.:::" littJ.e Regular Army 9 stiffened by Territorial draft and. t,:'oopc b:rought from overseas. 
The first Divisions of Kitchener 9s Army set foot in France in May 9 1915 9 bixt it was not u:nti I J\1ly 9 1916 9 that Britain COlrld show her real str'ength 9 at the battle of the Somme. 
ElQJ1'r:ipEN MOl\YrH8 OF THE VOLUNTARY SYSTEM. 
For a year' and a ha.J.f 9 :11o:r eover9 Britain continued to recruit her fighting forces upon a :~urely voluntary system. It was not until Januar;sr, 191G, that th':~ pr:Lnciple of compulsory service was finally adopte·d" 
The munition su:pply 9 again 9 was woefully short for many 
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months. Munition faetor:Les had to be erected and staffed; in the meanwhile-British Arti1lery u:pon the Western Front and 
elsewhere had to he seli;ereJ.y restricted to a ration of three and four shells per day. 
To swn WP, Britain was unable to take her place in the field as a first-class military power until the Great Wan had been in progress for something like two yearso 

What is the position to-·day'? 
In the first place I,ord Kitchener7 s appeal for men has been anticipate::l oy many months; and we actually find outselves, at the outbreak of' wax• 9 with a.s many men as we can conveniently handle, Moreovc::2 9 we novv have in existence machinery designed to ensure a regular and increasing supply of replacements. 
How has this been achieved? 
In three ways o At the begj_nning of this year it was decided to double the Territorial Arny 9 not by any measure of compulsion but by a sirJr;1:c appeal to patr•iotism. So immediate-was the response that tho necesi:m:;.""y numbers were obtained within the s~ace of three monthso 

No sooner was that feat acco::nplist~ed than Britain wa.s 
asked to abandon 9 j_n party her cherishffd tradition of VO'luntary 

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service. Parliament and people acqµiesced without hesitation, and the Military Training Bill passed immediately into law. Under its provision all young men between the ages of 20 and 21 are called up for military training for six months, after which they are drafteli!l. into Regular units. This act ensures a steady inflow of a t least 200,000 recruits per annum. 
Finally, upon the day that war waa daclared, the Armed Forces Act was passed into law in all its stages, within a few hours. Under its provisions every man between the ages of 18 and 41 becomes liable for duty with the Roya:.l Navy, Army, or Royal Air Force. 
WE ARE READY NOW! 
Britain, as the principal workshop and arsenal of the Empire, must maintain a large quota. of industria.l workers engaged in an intensive output of military supplies; but the remainder will be called up in classes, as requirea:, for mi.litary service. It should be added that in. order to free as many men as possible for active servie:e, thousands of devoted women are already undertaking men's duties in the various pl!llblic utilities. 
Thus the whole manhood and womanhood of the country is now organi.sed to the full for the p-r-0-secuti.on.-o.f' the wa:r__.. 
In other -words---we _ 
are ready -now. 

FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. 

EMPIRE AFFAIRS -SPECIAL I;ARLY MORNING I SSUE. 
What the Colonie~-did last tim~. 


G-reat Britain hs.s been 11 snowed under by day and by night ever since the fourth of August (when Britain entered the last war) with contributions from the Colonies, almost embarr­assing in their variety and runount, but always splendid in their spirit and inten~ 
So said the late J:·OHs31'l Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies at the outbreak of the last conflict. T~'J.j_s time from all parts of the Colonial Empire -ari Empire of ~·ixty million inhabitants, and comprising units as diverse n0 Nigeria9 
with twenty thousand people,  ana_  St.  Helena,  with  only four  
thousand souls  - a  response  no  illess  splendid has  been instantly  
madeo  

From what the Colonial Empire achievea_ during 1914-19.i.8, some estlmate can be formed of the measure of help which Great Britain is likely to be given to-clay in the struggle against Hitlerism. As the first Colony to be exfuuined, let us take Ceylon. 
On Galle Face, in Colombo, stands the Ceylon War Memorial, which commemorates the very worthy effort made by this great self-·governing Colony" Soon after the outbreak of war, Ceylon's G0ver:ll1Tl.ent arranged to send to the Front a double company of European infantry, armed, equipped and paid by the Colonyo 
These men had practically all been members, either of the Planters' Rifle Corps or of the Mounted Rifles, the former not being composed exclusively of planters but including also a considerable proportion of Government servants, business men and otherso 
They served with the Anzac Division, and when that was dispersed as a unit most of the men r eceived commissions and s.erved the; Army of the United Kingdom. 
The cost of the contingent to the Ceylon Treasury was over 353,000 rupees. This effort was essentially a European one; but some Ceylonese went to Europe to enlist -a few at their own expense. A number of these found their way into the Coldstream and the RoyaJ; Fusiliers, and they served well. Ultimately the native contingent of Ceylon appeared in the fighting line. 
Altogether it is believed that not far short of one thousand Ceylonese served in the fighting units. While thus sending a certain nurnher of her citizens to service overseas, a number which included a large proportion of the European residents of military age, Ceylon contributed most ef fectively to the Allied cause by prov~_c1ing for the c1ef'ence of the Island her volul'..teer forces, t ;.1ereby gradual l y releasing for active service at ~~he Front her pre-war garrison r egular troops. 
I t may be acWecl that the Ceylon planters were as liberal in giving as they were ready in proffering their personal services; they gave in kind as well as :2..n money, espeeially in the form of teao Early in the war the P1antersf Association invited offers of tea or funds :bo 1
l'..rchase tea as a free gift to the Army and 
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Navy, and some £400,000 of tea were shipped to Ceylon. 
Among the general funds nearly 600,000 rupees were contributed to the Prince of Wales's Fund in aa_dition to the planters' tea import. · 
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THE KING'S THANKS. 
An expression of the King's a~ppreciation of the assurance of loyalty and sup},)Ort sent by the Representative of the Maldive Islands has been conveyed through the Governor of Ceylon. 
Messages of loyalty from all parts of the Island and all sections of the community in Cyprus have been laid before the King. His Majesty has now conveyed through the Governor an expression of his appreciation of these messages from his people in Cyprus and of his confidence that they will play their full part in bringing the present struggle to final victory. 
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PALESTINE HIGH COMMISSIONER ASSURED OF LOYAL SUPPORT. 
At the invitation of the Mayor of Ramleh and r epreserutatives of surrounding villages, the High Commissioner for Palestine was present at a gathering in the Ramleh Municipal Gardens, attended by about 700 Elders and notables of rural districts. 
Speeches were made by the Mayor, Sheik Mustafa Alkairy and Fahrni Effendi Ghussein expressing loyal support of the Palestine Government. 
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INDIAN STUDENTS IN GR.i~AT BRITAIN. 
The Indian students in this country have been prompt to offer their services for the war. 
Before hostilities began, many of them had allready qualified as A.R.P. wardens, and since the outbreak of war Mr. Dorai Ross has formed an Indian ambulance unit, consisting of some eighty members, under the London County Council. Another forty Indian students have enrolled in a second unit which is being formed by Dr. Pathy. 
The High Commissioner for India is taking steps to ascertain the whereabouts and welfare of Indian students who were on the Continent when war broke out. So far s the High Commiss­ioner's Office is aware, only 164 students have reque-sted their return passages, and measures are being taken to secure these for them. A register i s being kept and certain passages have already been arranged. 
Indian students who have not yet finished their courses have been advised to continue their studies in accordance with any instructions issued by their University or College authorities, where they will enjoy the sarne f acilities as the home students. 
The students from India who have arranged to come to England for admission to an educational institution have been advised not to sail. 
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The High Commissioner is in communication with the various Governments in India regarding the further studies of those students already in the United Kingdom. 
Any Indian student who finds himseif in difficulty is advised to get in touch with the Office of the High Commissioner for India for advice and assistance. 
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FROM THE IliNISTRY OF IN?ORMJ\TION 
FLASH NEWS  NO.  6  21/9/39  
ROYAL /'.IR FORC:8 FLYING BO.fl.TS.  
Rescue  of  crew  of sunk Tramp  Steerner.  
Two flying-boats have  rescued the  crew  of the S.S.Kensington  

Court sunk in the Atlantic. This is the first time that the 
Royal Air Force has rescued shipwrecked s ailors from the sea and 
flown them to s afety. 
The aircraft were on patrol duty over the Atlantic when an s.o.s. was picked up from an Englioh tramp-steamer which reported that she was sinking. 
The flying-boats set off at full speed and arrived at the scene ten minutes ~the tramp had gone to the bottom. 
Far below, the pilots of the flying-boats saw a tiny boat crowded with men while others were in the sea clinging to the sides. 
The two aircraft made a quick search for the submarine; but it was not located. Then, while one flying-boat kept watch from the air the other came down on the water alongside the overloaded boat. 
Fourteen of the men, some of them in a desperate condition, were pulled into the aircraft. 
Vihen it hnd take~1 off -a difficult feat owillg to the heavy load -the other descended and rescued the remaini~B 20 men. 
The crew, still cheerful despite their immersion, said that onw of their two lifeboats had capsized and the other was in danger of s inking. 
Meanwhile the fly Ing-boats, with the 34 _passengers -not a single member of the crew was lost -we re on their way to Engl and and safety. 
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Thn charges for reproduction of those British Official Pictures will be on the agreed N.P.A.sca~d. 
If any alteration is made ih the ofricial caption such amended caption must be re-subrni tted to toe Censorship Division of the Ministry of Information before pub1:Jcation. 
The pictures are e.11 Crown Copyric;ht. -~.,_ll question in regard to uso of the British Official Photogr aPhs for purposes ot~er.than newspaper and periodical reproductiO.'n in Great Br1ta1n, Northern Ireland and Eire must be refe p.'rcd to the Photo Department, Ministry of Information. 
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PRESS NOTICE NO. 7/21/9/39 (Issued by the Ministr'y of Information) SCHEDULE OF nzs~~RV~D OCCUPA'rIONS. 
The Ministry of Labour and National Service announce the 
following changes in the Schedule of Reserved Occupations 
published at the beginning of September. 
The age of reservation for veterinary surgeons has been 
~educed. t-o 21 , and the veterinary surgeon s.tudent is now rese.rved 
after he has passed his second qualifying .~xamination~ A 
pharmacy student Who has completed two years in a course ··Of ·St:udy 
approved by the Ph.armac.eutical Society or. in practical training 
1.mder approve.cl. articles of J.JUpilage or..·partly in one and partly 
in the other is also. reserved. The reservation for-pupil 
architect has ·been withdrawn and the age of reservation for 
architectural draughtsman raised to 30. 
Th~. age of reservati.on for the who.le-time official 
(including executive ~, administr>ative~ superv1sory and organising 
grades but excluding clericnl t::r>ad.es) of an E1i1:::)loyer' s 
Organisation or a Trade Union has been reduced to 25. The 
Reservation ai:.,e for the pot maker, making pots of the types 
used in the manufacture of O] tical and ot her glass has been ·reduced to 21. 
Having regard to the urgent demand for wool and worsted 
materials for uniforms etc., the age of reservation for the 
foreman, overlooker , loom tuner, woollen scribbling engineer, 
assistant scribblL1G engineer , card jobber, comb minder-~ comb 
jobber9 blanket raiser and rrarp twister in the wool and worsted 
trades has been reduced to 25. 
FROM THE MINISTRY OF INI'Om'IATION. 
No. 8 -21/9/39. THANI~S TO AUSTHALIA. 
The greatest satisfaction was felt in Whitehnll and in Government circles yesterday at Australia's generous offer, through Mr. Menzies 5 the Australian Prime Minister, of an Air Ex~editionary Force to assist this country. 
As soon as the offer is officially made knovm here, a more formo.l accepto.nce of thanks -such as has beeen ex~ressed to other Dominions which have signified their readiness to assist ­will no doubt promptly be given. 
BOARD OF EDUCATION 

The Schools in War-titne 


Memorandum No. 2 
Some simple precautions against epidemics Diseases spread by " droplet" or air-borne infection 
As everyone knows, evacuation has necesSa.rily entailed the mixing up in the same houses, and to some extent in the same schools, of urban children with rural children, and of children from great cities with children of much smaller towns. 
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Town children have as a rule been much more exposed to the risk of all those kinds of infectious diseases (e.g., measles, scarlet fever or diphtheria) which are spread by "droplet" infection than country children. They are therefore much more likely to be " protected " against them either by having actually had a previous attack, or, as is less generally known, by their previous exposure to their infections without any apparent attack; in other words, their immunity level is higher than that of the rural children. Moreover they may include in their number a certain number of" carriers." 
It is a fortunate thing that evacuation has taken place in the beginning of September. This is one of the healthiest periods of the year as regards most of the respiratory diseases spread by "droplet" infection which cause so much trouble in schools-diseases such as measles, whooping cough, influenza and feverish cold. This fortunate time gives us some three whole months in which to shake down before the epidemic months of the year, which are January, February and March, begin. In this period of respite we have to acclimatise the town children to more rural conditions, and to accustom the rural children to any fresh type of infection which the town children may bring with them. Two sovereign preventives will help us-fresh air and avoidance of over-crowding. The double-shift system, if it be in use, has the great advantage of allowing one set of children to be in the open air for half the day. Head Teachers can greatly help in the prevention of epidemics by seeing that every possible window in the schoolroom, or in the premises used for school work, is, during the coming autumn months, opened to its widest extent. 
Lighting restriction devices, such as curtains, may make this procedure unusually tiresome to carry out, but the trouble is worth while. 
If there be any shortage of accommodation and so a danger of over-crowding, it may be 
possible to hold some of the classes (even those of the classroom half of the day's work, where there is a double shift) in the open air. This not only benefits these classes, but allows the others to space out. Thus we can help to achieve the dilution and gradual small dosage of the unfamiliar infections, which will render the mingling of the town and country children safe. Ifso, by the time the winter epidemic season of January to March comes in, the rural children will have gradually and safely acquired some immunity to any strains of infection which their new school mates may have brought with them from their crowded cities. Moreover, teachers can do great service by urging the importance of the open window in bedrooms. Many cottages and country · houses have much smaller windows, especially in the bedrooms in proportion to the size of the room than have the more modern town houses from which the evacuated children come, and 
some of the most picturesque cottages are by no means well ventilated. 
Ifwe make the best use of the fine autumn weather, so often the most delightful season of the year, which the Report of the Epidemics in Schools Committee shows also to be one of its healthiest, we may have accomplished the mixing of town and country children in a safe and gradual interchange of their respective strains of infection which may diminish any tendency to epidemics of the " droplet" or air-borne infectious diseases in the forthcoming winter season of 1940. 
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No 9 21/9/39 FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORM!\TION 
re 	APVi::;ALS FOR VOLUNT:::;ER j FOR S:8RVICE IN C:8RTA IN TRADES IN H.M. FORCES 
The follmving are the answers to the Press queries raisecl at 
this morninc 's conference;­
(a) 	Those traclesmen who volunteer 1vi 11 have the choice of either enlisting on a normal army engagement or for the duration of the waro 
(b) 	They will be permitted to r e tain their Trade Union membership 
(Copies of brochures-11 The Royal Navy as a Career" and "HMs Army" are available in the Press Room.) 
FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. 
Rr.COT-ffiER OF CH ICHESTER. 
No. 10 -21/9/39. 
The King has been pleased to ap0rove a recornrnenc1ation of the Home Secretary that Mr. Ceci 1 Robert Havers, K. C., be a~!pointed Recorder of Chichester to succeed the l ate Mr. Walter Fram1;:iton. 
ERQ&!LJlI~ MINISTRY OF I_NE9...:~JJIA'f10ll_!. ;N~;..~ -21: 9: I 390 Under-graduates Registered for Officer Trainin_g" 
The War Office announce 9 through the Ministry of Information9 as a guide to university authorities and under-graduates that those under··­
graduates who have registered at Reception Units for training as Officers and have attained the age of 20 years , together with others in the same age group 9 will probably be called up for t rainin::::; at Officer Cadet Training Units or for a short preliminary period at Other Rank Training Units 9 between nov.r and Decerr.beP o 
It cannot be ensured that all thece under·-graduates will be called up in this perj_od 9 as rnilitary q:::raJ.ifj_cations have to "be consi der'ed~ but the number will pr obably be sufficiently large to wari"ant univers­i ty authorities advising these under-gracluates not to x·eturn to their universities for the :MJchaelmas term" 
Eventually Commj_ssions in this age g::'oup Y.rill only be gained afh~r service in the ranks and the number s now betnr; registered at R8ceptj_on Units are only sufficient to enou:.--·e a steac:.y :n .ov1 through Officer Cadet '~':'raining Un:tts until material which has served its time in the ranks is avaiJabl•3 to be posted there o 
Under-graduates over 20 who are not registered at Reception Units w:Lll be liable to be sallec1 up in their age group t•\: directec1 by the Minis try of La.bou:'.'.'c Therefore 9 no under-graduate over 20 who has been registered uncl.er the Military Trainl ng Act can be certain of being able to comolete the fli ichaelrnas term. 
As already stated9 it is the policy that those aged 18 and 19 shall be left to follovv their noPmal occupation for as long as :possible and it is hoped that this will enable ·v.nder-grac1uates of these ages to remain at universities m1til they have at least attained 20 years of 

llo. 12 -21/9/ 39 
Dl anl:.:c t s onc.1 the _ga[·i;et 'l'racle. 
In co-opero"tim, with the Government 9 industry is now busy adjusti ng itself to m;i.r conditions. Many trades are carrying into effect ar ransemcnts which were made well in advance of the outbreat: of ~7ar. 
~n instance of this is a deci s i on t aken at a meeting of Carpet Uanufac tur>ers hel d some vveeks ago at Glasgovv and att ended by l','iP. Burgin 9 Llinister of Su:pgly. The scheE1e wo.s that a nurnber of firms in the carriet indust:;."'y should turn over their loor,1s to the manufact ure of blankets. The Governuent needed such 8n enormous nm1ber of blankets for the Services 9 evacuati on and hospi t als that the capacity of the blanket trade i tself coul d neveP hove kept ~ace with the needs of the ~tiblic as well. 
These }_ilans will give the Gove:i.'nnen t 1vha t they Y:ont and will hel~ t o keep the Horae Fr ont goinu into the bargain. 
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The llinistry of Information announces that the Minister of Tr2.nsport e,fter further consultation with represento.tives of the road transport industry (coods) re~ardin6 the r ates of payment for vehicles t aken for civil defence purposes under requisitionin3 powers or earmarking agreeLlents has suggested that provisional payments on account, as set out in the following table, may be made to the owners of goods vehicles pendin.:; settlement of the substantive amounts which he would advise to be reasonable. 
The provisional sufils on account of hiring charges include nothing for drivers 1 HaQ;es, fuel, lubricants or rnaintenance services dependent upon running. Further the liability placed by the Compensation (Defence) Act, 1939 on the requisitioning authority to make good any do,mage to the vehicle Yvhich may occur during the period of the requisition has not been t~ucen into eccount in computing the scale of provisiono.l pay1uents. 
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period of 24 hours for each vehicle 
Vehicles carryi ng L. 1. 11. lll capacity _Ll;onclon Area) Gro.de 1 Grade 11. Gradelll 
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s. Do £. s. D. £. s. D £.S. D. 
Under 10 cwt 4. o. 4. 0 3. 6. 3. 6c 
10/20 cwt 7o o. 6. 60 6. o. 6. o. 
1/1~ tons 8. 6. 7. 6. 7. o. 7. o. 
l~/2 tons. 10. o. 9. o. 8. 6. 8. o. 
2/3 tons 11. o. 10. o. o. o. 8. 6. 
3/4 tons. 12. 6. 11. 6. 11. o. 10. o. 
4/5 tons 14. o. 13. o. 12. 6. 11. 6. 
5/6 tons. 15. 6" 14. 6. 14. o. 13. o. 
6/7 tons. 1. o. o. 18. o. 17. 0 16. o. 

7/8 tons. 1 5. o. 1. 2. 6. 1. 1. o. 1. o. Oo over 8 tons. 1. 10. o. 1. 7. 6. 1. 5. 0 1. 4. o. 
FRO>I THE 1'/IIPISTEY OF . P'FORI:IA'l'ION 
EMPIRE N'.J.N!S FI,ASH. 

21/9/39 
Notice to New Zealanders in London. 
The High Commissioner for New Zealand, l'!Ir. W.J. Jordan, officially announces that New Zealanders in London of military age can be enrolled in a unit and trained here before joining the main body of the New Zealand Forces. 
Over five hundred New Zealanders resident in Great Britain have registered with the High Commissioner for war service. 

From The Ministry of Information. No 15-21/9/3,9 Emuire Ne-:7s Comnrunigue 
Training Mot.or Tractor Drivers i.n 	Northern Ireland. 
The Northern Ireland Ministry of Agriculture is prepared to receive applications from young men for a short course of training in driving motor tractors and in the use of tractor i mplements, to be held at Greenmount Agricultural College, Muckamore, Co. Antrim. 
Preference will be given to f armers who intend to purchase motor tractors, to the sons and employees of such farmers and to men who have experience of motor engines or who had prospects Of employment as tractor drivers. No fees will be char ged. 

21/9/39 
ULSTER SEED OUPPLIES 
The Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland announces that in order to ensure ade~uate supplies and proper distribution of farm and garden vegetable seeds and facilitate the disposal of surpluses 9 a Register of Wholesale and Retail Seed Traders doing business in Northern Ireland is being prepared. 
Applications for registration must be made by letter only and Hhouldlibe made by =l.etter only and should be made forthwith to the Secretary9 .Ministry of Agriculture,Elmwood Avenue 9 Belfast. All letters of aprlication should be marked 11Seed Suppl y11 
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Registered traders will be asked to furnish on prescribed forms such part i culars of seed stocks, requirements and similar matters as may be called forbby the Ministry. 
In order to enable traders to assess their requirements and to ensure adequate supplies fo1' themsel~es, farmers are strongly urged to inform their usual dealers at the earliest possible moment of their probable orders for the coming season. 

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OFFICERS' FRIEND BUREAU. 
The Mi nister of Pensions has caused the special branch of the Ministry known since the Great War as 211rhe Officers' Friend" to be strengthened by the addition of retired officers of senior r ank of the fighting services and other staff. The staf f is prepared to give info~nation 
· and advice to retired officers of the Fighting Services and of the Mercantile Marine disabled in the :present war and to the widows or relatives of deceased officers who may be in doubt as to claims they may have on the Ministry under the Royal Warrants, Orders in Council, etc., made on their behalf. 
The address of the uofficers' Friend11 is at No.18, Great Smith Street, Westminster, London, to which :persons desirous of information can go or write. All conmnmications should be addressed to 11 The Officers' Friend" .. 

No. 18 -21/9/39 
REC_REATION.A.L FACILITIES FOR_ADOI,ESCENTS IN Vf_/\ RTIME 
The question of adequate facilities for social and recreational welfare of young adolescents during war time was raised in the House of Commons today ih a private notice question to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education. 
Asked if steps would be taken to promote and assist adequate facilities through statutory and voluntary agencies the Parliamentary Secretary replied that steps had already been taken in consultation with other Departments to examine the :; ·· ..:·oblem, and the Secretary to the Board of Education hopes~ at an earl.y date~ to announce what steps he proposes to take to deal with those problems as speedily P..nd effectively as possible. 
In the meantimes he hopes that organisations concerned with the welfare of young people will use every reasonable effort to prevent the dispersal of their personnel. 

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Farmers are asked to regar1:2 as im'.)or t ant the root seed acreage under contract for tne seed croQ o~ 1940, in order that there sha ~i ~e sufficient sec~ available f or increase~, food ~:iroduct i on ir1 tlle future 
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M.A. F. 31. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Noe 20& 21st Sep~ember.1939. 
PRESS NOTICE. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE: NEW APPOINTMENTS. 
The Minister of Agriculture has appointed Mr. Cedric Drewe,M.P,, and Mr. Anthony Hurd to assist Mr. William Gavin, C.B.E.,AgriculturalAdviser to the Department, in maintaining contact between headquartersand the County War Agricultural Executive Committees in the ae.rrying out of the campaign for increasing home food production. 
Mr. Drewe will continue his present appointment as ParliamentaryPrivate Secretary to the Minister. He farms in Devonshire and was one of the United Kingdon delegates to the Empire Primary Producers' Conference held in Sydney last year. 
Mr. Hurd, who is well-known to farmers through his broadcast talks, farms 500 acres in Wiltshire and has represented that county on the Council of the National Farmers' Union. 
Mr. C. Bryner Jones, C.B., Secretary of the Welsh Department of the Ministry, will advise on questions arising in connection with the ~ampaign in Wales and act as liaison officer between Headquarters and the Welsh County Executive Committees. Dr. H. V. Taylor, o .. B. E. , Horticultural ColTIIllissioner of the Ministry, will act as liaison officer with County Executive Committees on horticultural matters. 
FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. 
No. 21 -21:9: '39. 
Arrangements for Expectant Mothers 
in Reception Areas. 
The Minister of. Health (Mr. Walter :Clliot) sent a communication to Local Authorities in the reception areas who are also Local Supervising Authorities under the Midwives Acts referring to the arrangements made for the confinement of expectant mothers evacuated under the Governrnent 
Scheme. 
The Minister emphasizes that under the general direction of the Medical Officer of Health the maternity work involved should be under the clinical supervision of an obstetric specialist or specialists who should, if circumstances perrnit 9 be in charge of the maternity unit for complicated cases. 
These specialists shoulcL also act as consultants in all ante-natal cases of doubt or difficulty9 in the treatment of women suffering from serious illness es of pregnancy 9 in cases of complicated confinements and in the treatment of puerperal sepsis. The servi~es· of one or more Medical Officers with sound obstetric experience to act as resideniB in the larger improvised MatePnity Homes and to assist the specialist in other directions may also be necessary. 
Authorities are asked to submit their proposals to the Minister for approval as soon as possible. A number of appointments of additional obstetric specialists and of residential obstetric officers have alreacly been made. 


FROM THE IIIIYISTRY OF Il'TFORMATION -No .. 23 21/9/39·
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The Officers' Association and Officers'Benevolent Department of the British Legion 
1. The General Secretary of the Officers' Association (The Officers' Benevolent Dept~ of the British Legion) has notified the Admiralty that the offices of the Association are as a temporary measure only, being moved from 8, Eaton Square, London, s.1u.1. to Derrybawn, Gough Rd., Fleet, Hampshire, as from the 8th September, 19390 Correspondence will be dealt with at this address. 
2. A skeleton staff will be maintained at 8, Eaton Square, for interviewing applicants and dealing with im:nediate assistance. The clothing store there ~ill be closed until further notice. 3c The Associations Employment Bureau will as from the 18th September, 1939, be closed at 20, Grosvenor Gardens, and re-opened at 8, Eaton Square, London, s.w.1. 
FROM THE MINISTRY OP INP.ORMATION ~J0. 2Lj. -21/9/39 
ROYAL NAVAL B:CNEVOLENT SOCIETY 
The following notice has been received from this Society:­
Upwards of 100 new members have j oinea_ in response to the Chairman's l etter of 16th May, about the Society's Bi-centenary. 
Ten years ago 194 new members joined in consequence of an appeal made that yearo The Society hopes that officers who have not yet answered this year's appeal will now join and by raising the total to over 200 create a new record for recent times. 
The nwnber of eligible officers on the Active List is over 4,ooo. The address of the Society is:­18 9 Adam Street 9 -Adelphi9 London~ VI oc. 2. 
FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFOHMATION 
No.25. 21/9/39.
NOTICE Rt:; LiEAT PURCIL\SES. 
The Ministry of Food state that although there is no shortage of meat supplies consumers hove incr eased their orders for meat during the last week considerably above normal. The turnover of some butche~s last week was almost equal to that of Christmas week. The Ministry ask that 9 in the national interest 9 all consumers should 9 during the next few weeks, confine their meat purchases to normal quantities. 
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FROM THE 	MINISTRY OF INFQRMATION. FISH CONTROL SCHEME ABANDONED. 
No. 2b -	21/9/39. 
It has been decided to abandon the Scheme of Control for Fish adopted at the outbreak of war and to revert to the auction system of sale, subject to the institution of maximum prices at the ports and to the consumer. 
In order to effect as smooth a change over as possible from the Control Scheme to the new conditions, all trawlers are requested by the Ministry of Food to avoid landing fish on Saturday the 23rd instant, if possible. 
FROM THE :MIN~.§TRY__Q.E_ ,IN._FQfiliATION. 
FLOUR SACKS.

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The },Iinistry of Food desire to draw the attention of all bakers, grocers and other tra,de:'o who may be holding stocks of flour millers' empty returnable bags to the urgent importance of returning these to the flour mills imr.o.ediately. 
The flour mills are well supplied with wheat, but in some areas the actual running of the mills is being seriously hampered by the absence of sacks in which to pack their output, and the 1.-dnistry trust that all trade"N3 who are in a position to do so will help to ensure continuity of distribution in this most i mportant trade. 
Traders are reminded that the charged jute sacks in which millers deliver flour remain the millers' property and that it is not permitted t o sell them or utilise them for any other purpose. 
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The Minister of Health (Mr4 YJalte~_L.lliot) ia.-dis.c.1,lssing rit.h representative associations--'O:f the ., ­local .auth.o.r.iti.ea .the "basj.s of _payment ,for-addi.t..ional~ expenditure-
incurred in treatment and rnaintenanoe of:. ·· 
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casualties at theil" hos.pit.aJ.s anrl .institu.tions.~~­are included .i n the EmerGency Hospital Scheme. 
It is hoped to announce the--..arPangements at an ea.rly date;.·· The C-overnment have alread;y· -accep.t.ed ·the pri;nci:P~-e .'~·hat· t...>ie Exchequer will bear the. reasonable 'and~ neoessary cQS:t · o'f maintaining r.asna.lt,tes i.:n hospitaJ;i and gene·J?a.J.ly -~­ad.di.tional expenditure in vvhich Hosp..i.tal _.Authar-ities are involved by reason of. their paroticipation in the-Emergency Scheme.., 
FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. 
No. 29 -21/9/39.SERVICE IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. 
For Friday morninr: 's pa1)ers. Also for Broadcast (but not until Friday 22 Sept. to Home Stations -3 or 4 times). 
It has been reported to the Board of Trad.e that a number of young men eminently suited for service in the Merchant Navy in such posts as junior engineer s are declining to enter the Merchant Navy because they fear that if they do so they may be acting contrary to the wishes of the Government as they may be away when required to register under the National Service (Armed Forces) Act. 
This is not the case and those who are fitted for service in the Merchant Navy, whether as engineers or in other capacities, should realize that in joining the Merchant Navy they will be serving the best interes ts of the country. The vital importance of British merchant shipping was emphasised by His Majesty the King in a personal message l ast \veek to t he officers and men of the merchant navy when he said that their t ask was no less essential to His people vs existence than that allotted to the Navy, Army and Air Forceo 
Men who registered in the Merchant Navy Reserve and who are now in shore employment should, in the national interest, be prepared to carry out their undertaking t o return to the Merchant Navy, and shore employers are ap~ealed to not to stand in the way of those reservists. 
The Merchant Navy is standing up splendidly to the strain that is being put on them at the present time~ but more officers and men are required, especially certificated engineer officers and young men wi th sufficient engineering experience to qualify them to act as junior engineers on board ship. 
The Admiralty for their part desire t o make it clear that they will not i n present circumstances be able to consider &pplications to join the Royal Navy as engineer offices or artificers from tho se who are now~ or have recently been, employed in the Merchant Navy or nre in the Merchant Navy Reserve. 
FROM THE MINIST1
Y OF INFORMATION. 
No. 30. 
21/9/39. 
SCOTTISH J~DUCATION DEP.ARTMENT APPOINTMENT. 
In view of the appointment of Sir James Peck, C.B. , to be Chief Divisional FooQ Officer for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Scotland has appointed Mr. J. Mackay Thomson, Second Secretary, to be Acting Secretary of the Scottish Education Department. 
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The prompt offer of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia to the United Kingdom to send an air expeditionary force serves as a reminder of ·the excellent work done by Australian airmen during the last war. 
As early as 17th August, 1914, a Central Flying School was established at Point Cook, near Melbourne, under two instructors from England (Major H. A. Petre ana. Group Captain E. Harrison), and the first course of instl"'uction was immediately started. 
On the 8th February, 1915, the Commonwealth Government received from the Government of India a message asking whether Australia could ~1rovide for service in Mespotamia any trained airmen, flying machines and transport. 
Two days later the Commonwealth Government replied that the Commonwealth coulcl. furnish some airmen and necessary mechanics and transport but no aeroplaneso 
A unit known as T:Ieso:potarnian Half-Flight was formed, com:prising Major H. Ao Petre, T. w. White (now Lieut. -Colonel vVhite M.P), Merz and Treloaro 
It sailed for India, landed at Basra May 1915, and worked with M¥sopotamian Force, carrying out many reconnaissances over the desert in Maurice-Farmans. A number of the personnel were captured at Kut, and the remainder went to Egypt to form the new Australian Flying Corps. 
No.l. Squadron 
The first complete Australian Flying Unit, No.l Squadron, A.F.C., 28 officers and 195 other ranks, left Melbourne on 16th March, 1916, did training in Egypt, and then formed one of the squadrons working with the R.A.F. in Palestine. Brilliant work was done by the squadron and on the 19th March, 1917, the first Australian Air v. c. was won by Lieutenant (novv Group Captain) F. H. McNamara 9 R.A.A.F. (Air Liaison Officer, London), who carried out a number of brilliant attacks on rail~ays under severe anti-aircraft fire and then landed beside a disabled machine, assisted the pilot to his own aircraft, which crashed on taking off, and t~cn returned to the other machine, started the engine and,despite a severely injuredleg, flew the aeroplane home under heavy fire, a distance of 70 miles. 
No.l. Squadron servE)d continuously in Palestine until the end of the vvar. 
Nos •. 2 a!19-3 Squadrons 2 AoFoC. were formed in Egypt from personnel of No.l Squadron and from the Australian Light Horse serving in that theatre. They arrived in England in December/January 1917 and were sent for traininG9 Nou2 Squadron to Grantham and No.3 to South Carlton, Lines. 
The first Australian Flying Unit arrived in France in August1917 when Noo3 Sg.uadron sent three flights which served as part of the First Corps (Wing) Lo I\, c. No. 2 Squadron arrived ·· : in September 1917 and was attached to t he 13th (Army Wing) R.F.C. operating with the Thir>d Army. 
On Christmas 1917, the lnst formed Australian Squadron, No.4 arrived in France. There it came LU1der the command of the 10th Army VJing operating \Vi th the First Army,, The Australian Flying Corps made a great reputation as air fic.;hte::es and. reconnaissance and army co­01)eration work and there were so::i1e outstanding individual records. 
Cobbey, nou \'!int:; Comr1J.nder Ao H. Cobbey, D. S. o. , D. F. C. , -.;ms one of tho most clarinc s:pi:i."its in the Australian air service. 
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Some 400 pilots, 150 observers 9 L~O other off'icers served of vvhom 78 Here killea_, 68 wounded, 33 taken prisoners. Of their machines 60 \Vere destroyed oy enemy ~ction. On the other hand they destroyed 276 enemy machines and drove down 251.. 
The Royal Australi~n Air Force was formed from the nucleus of the Australian Flying Corps remaining over after the last ·war. 
FHOI:~JQ2.J'.JJ~IS 1Q-rr.J21.i'_ I 1'T.Q1_Q_l]yjAT I ON • l'!Ir. Eden ori..Jll..§l__,J.<?-r"t_n~r-,gat i_gn~-~-·-aid. No. 32 -_2l}~i_q1_:.. 
Mr • .Anthony Eden, Secr et ary of State for Dominion Affairs, co:i111:.r1enting on i1h ssages received vrithin the last few days giving details of the !i1easures taken or in contemplation by Doninion Governments said: 
11 I should like to emphasize once again the admiration "felt by the T.Jnited Kingdom Government for the resolution which "is being sho-rm by the Governments and peoples of our partner­"nations in the British Commonwealth in the common endeavour "to defeat German aggression. 
"Day by day we receive me ssages from overseas which record "their ever--increasi nc; deterE1ination. Day by day comes news of 2.ction to i mplement their resolve. 
"This pra0tical testimony from lands far distant from the "actual scene cf 210.stilj_ties js ·3. notable encouragement not only "to us in this country, but al so to the Allied nations and indeed 
"to all who value the ideals of liberty and justice for which 
"the British Con:m10nwe2l th stands. 11 
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FROl{__T~-MJ;:NISTRY OF.. INFO_BMA.J_;!; ON. 
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Enro l rne:g.j;_§.._! n__Ji ondon 
To Serve wi_t}1_~ ,k~ain Body. 
As already announced by the High Commissioner for New Zealand. (Mr. 'H.J. Jordan,) New Zealanders in Britain of military age can be enrolled in a Unit to be formed here and trained in England prior to joining up v1ith a main l)od.y of the New Zealand forces. 
This was what was done in the last war. A unit was entolled ~n London, the men were put into camp on Salisbury Plain and there trained as a separ ate New Ze 21land body. Afterwards, when the New ZE!.ala:'.1.d main body aTrived in Egypt they were dispatched there, and were drafted in the various battalions. 
So f ar over 500 New Zealanders, resident in Britain and visiting here, have r egistered with the High Co-cDinissioner for war service. Others are eager t o undertake any kind of service. .Amongst them are men of senior rnilita.:ry rank, doctors, dentists, chemists, architects, and solicitors and others. A number of nurses have also offered their services. 
Heading the list i s General Sir Alexander Godley, who commanded the New Ze.:::.,J.and forces in the late war in Gallipoli and France. A Ne;v Zealand Staff lieutenant-colonel will have charge of the men when t hey go into camp. The eligi ble age fer enlistment is between 21 and 35 years of age. Ps,y will be on the New Zealand r ates in the l ast war. 
A notice calling up t hose who have volunteered will be issued from the New Zeal and I-I:i.gh ComrD.issioner 1 s Office, Strand, within the next ten days. 
FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. 
NO. 34 -21:9:'39. BOARD OF TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT. 
CONTROL OF EXPORT. 
With reference to the notice issued by the Board of Trade yesterday9 it is announced that at the urgent request of the Ministry of Health the partial removal of the prohibition on the export of absorbent; cotton and cotton wadding has been annulled. Accordingly the export of these goods continue to be prohibited except under licence to all destination. 
FROM THE JIHNISTRY OF INFORMATION. Dockyard Subordinate Officers -Examination. 
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No. 2-5 -21/9/39. The unc1ermentioned exarninations, arranged to be held on the dates shown, have been cancelled. Second Class Draughtsman (Constructive) 7th and 8th December, 1939. Second Class Draughtsman (Engineering), 14,15th and 16th December, 1939. Second Class Draughtsman (Electrical), 12,13 and 14th December, 1939. Foreman of Ship Fitters, 5th March, 1940. Inspector of Painters, 5th and 6th March, 1940. 
FROM THE ~!I]~ST!{Y OF INFORMATION. N0.36. 21/9/39 FLASH NEWS 
BASELESS RUMOURS OF SHIPS SUNK 
The Admiralty announce that there is no foundation. whatever for the many rumours which have been in circulation during the la.st fev7 ddys respecting the loss of various capital ships, in particular His Majesty's ships Hood, Renown, and Reprn]se. 
These stories are lying and base]ess rumours, designed to alarm and depress the public, and those who spread them are doing a gross disservice to their country. 
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_Flt.QM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTARY FLASH -ADD TO 36. 21/9/39. 
Eq_µally absurd are the rmn:ou.rs that the Bremem has been captured. 
Issued 11.31 p.m~ 
FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. 
WOMAN MINISTER 1 S TOUR. 
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No.~21/9/39. 
Miss Florence Horsbrugh, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, is tomorrow (Friday) making a further tour of reception areas under the Gove~nment evacuation scheme. 
Miss Horsbrugh will visit districts in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, starting in the morning at St. Albans and going on from there to Luton, Berkhampstead and King's Langley. 

.APPfi'_AL FOR VOECNTFERS FOH SERVICE IN CERTAIN TRADES 
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1. 
Following on a statement made by the Prime :Minister on the 1st September, a message was broadcast on the recruitment needs of the Fighti:ig Services. This message was that, although the Services had, in general, all the men they could conveniently hai1dle for the moment, there was an urgent need for men ;vith experience in certain trades. The number of such men required for any particular unit or establishment may be small, but the total requirement of the three Services amounts to a considerable number. '.FMs-situation h~s t liea:l!:t. with at 0J:1ce-, as ·rnpo:r::tant mi·~ 1ay o.t"herwis-e ~~r f, iihe±r tul .c~ 11c·r~t:°G:re be ·unable-, ~~~-~~t4lloo~oo~~qlE!::iiil!i" 

2. 
In order tc meet this need it has been decided to lam1ch an appeal to young men in the trades concerned to volunteer for immediate service. The appeal will be made by way of poster and press auvertisement and the co-operation of the press is invited in order to make the appeal as widely k:now:.'l o.; pcssible. 

3. 
The t;ypes of tradesmen required by each of the three Se:.~vices are shown in the Appendix. The figure in brackets after each trade indicates the age of reservation in the Schedi..,:le of Reserved Occupations. 

4. 
The press can be of particular assistance by drawing attention to the following points:­

(1) 
'l'he men are requirea for service in the ITavJ, the Army and the Air Force in the Service Trades corresponding to their civilian occupations; the need, therefore, is for men with experience in those trades in civil life. 

(2) 
Practically all the trades in question are inch:ded in the Schedule of Reserved Occupations. The purpose of that Schedule is to preserve a balar.cc between the man power requirements, on the one hand, of the Fighting Forces for additional recruitment, and, on the other hand, of industry for the production of war material and the maintenance of essen.tial civil needs. The Schedule prescribes for each occupation to 17~1ich i·c is ap:plied n.n ago at or above which men 1a:i.ll not, in general, be accepted for enlistraent. The :present appeal for yoi..,mg men vohmteers is in full accordance with the Schedule, as it is n.ddressed to men below tJ.1c reserved ages. 

(3) 
The appeal is directed particularly to young men in the required trades 11v-ho are not now employed upon work of national importance or who have recently become unemployed ns a result of the change-over f::.•om peace to war conditicns. Such men can most easily be spared from their civil occu!Jations, and it should be possible to meet the immediate requirements o:! the three Services f1~om among this nUJ11ber. 



5. 
Men who volunteer for service in response to this appeal should go to the rn,;arest joint ::lecruiting Office, where full particulars are available, and where, if they are fou.>J.d to be suitable, enlistment can be completed for the Navy, the Army or the Air Force. Any man who is doubtful whether he comes within the list of required trades, or who does not knovr the address of the nearest Recruiting Office, or requires further information, can go to any Emplo;yment Exchange, vrhero full information and advice will be givcn to him. In suitable cases travelling 11va.rrants may be issued by the E:;;:cha11ge to enable men to travel free of charge to tho Recruiting Office. 

6. 
It is desired to emrJhasise that the need is for tradesmen ·with experience in the occupations mentioned in the Appendix. Yom1g men Y.r:i. tnout such experience cannot meet the present need, and their attendance at Recruiting Offices or Employment Exchanges is to be discouraged as it will cause congestion and delay -as well as disappointment. 


H.Q.666-300 I.I. 

Boilermakers (23) Coppersmiths (23) Engine Sniths (23) Fitters (including Elcctr:i_cal Fitters (23) 
and Fitter Erectors, but NOT ~fool Fitters) Instrwnent ilfJ.akers (23) Masseurs (certHicatea) ( 30) Pattern Baker s (Wood) (23) Radiographers (25) Shipwrights (21) X Ray Opera.tors (25) 
TI-ill All.MY. 
Blacksmiths (23) Blacksmiths 1 Strike rs (25) Boot and Shoe Repairers (30) Brid::layers (25) Carpenters (25) Coach painters (30) Coach Trimr..ers (25) Concreters (30) Coppersmiths (23) Dental Mechanics (23) Dispensers (30) Draughtsmen (21) Electricians (25) Fitters and Fitter Erectors (including (23) 
Electrical Fitters but NOT Tool Fitters) Gunsmiths (23) . (23)'
Instrument Makers and Repairers 
Masons (30) 

1. 
Motor Drivers (with heaV'J goo'as licences)  (25)  
Motor }fochanics  (23)  
Overheaa Linesmen and Wiremen  (25)  
Plumbers  (23)  
Radiographers  (25)  
Sawyers  (25)  
Stationary Engine Drivers  (23)  
Storeolerks, Storekeepers (Motors)  (25)  
Stokers  (25)  
Telegraph Fitters and Mechanics  (25)  
Tinsmiths  (23)  
Turners  (21)  
Upholsterers  (30)  
Warehousemen  (25)  
Watch ana Clock Makers and Repairers  (25)  
Welders  (23)  
Wireless Engineers and Mechanics  (30)  
ROYAL AIR FORCE.  
Electricians  (25)  
Fitters (incluaing Internal Combustion  (23)  
Engine Fitters but NOT Tool Fitters)  
Fitter Assemblers  (25)  
Instrument Makers and Repairers  (23)  
Motor Drivers (with heavy goods  (2.5)  
licences)  
Motor Drivers (comrnercial vehicle - (30)  
1~-to 2~ tons)  
Ylatch and Clock Makers and Repairers  ( 2 5)  
Wireless Operators (non-seagoing)  (30)  
2.  
H.Q.639-100 I.I.