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Description: | Concept: empire / commonwealth, proclamations, civilian effort, blackout, motor vehicles Description: whole: the title and text occupy the whole, in black, set against a white background. image: text only. text: SAINT VINCENT. NOTICE. PRACTICE BLACK OUT. 1. AT LEAST ONE PRACTICE BLACK OUT WILL BE HELD DURING THE WEEK COMMENCING SUNDAY, THE 21ST OF APRIL. 2. THE COMMENCEMENT SIGNAL WILL BE:- (A) THE BLOWING OF AN ELECTRIC SIREN; AND (B) THE DIPPING OF THE STREET LIGHTS THREE TIMES. 3. DON'T PUT OUT ALL THE LIGHTS IN YOUR HOUSE. KEEP ON THE ONES YOU NEED, BUT BE SURE THAT THEY CANNOT BE SEEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. 4. DON'T GO INTO THE STREETS; STAY INDOORS TILL THE 'ALL CLEAR' SIGNAL GOES. 5. IF YOU ARE DRIVING A VEHICLE, PULL UP AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PUT OUT ALL THE LIGHTS. 6. DON'T TRY TO RING UP ON THE TELEPHONE. 7. THE 'ALL CLEAR' SIGNAL WILL BE:- (A) THE BLOWING OF AN ELECTRIC SIREN. (B) THE RELIGHTING OF THE STREET LAMPS. 8. THIS IS THE LAST OCCASION ON WHICH ANY PREVIOUS WARNING WILL BE GIVEN OF A PRACTICE BLACK OUT. THEREAFTER THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARRYING OUT OF THE DEFENCE (BLACK OUT No. 2) ORDER, 1940, WITHOUT WARNING AND BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION FOR ANY BREACH THEREOF. GOVERNMENT OFFICE, KINGSTOWN, 15TH APRIL, 1940. | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Publisher/Sponsor: Government of Saint Vincent, British Windward Islands | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5144... | Go to resource |
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