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REAL TEAR GASTESTTRAPS UNWARYLONDON. Monday. — A real tear g»* teat wan carried out at Brighton. A mild form of gw was released from cylinder* over an area three-quarter* of a mile square in the centre of the city.Nul.ce» and loud speaker* previously , h-lt;l warned the population to carry ■ia ma«ki and war them when the lt;a. alert eounded. twit the fact thjt alt; war to be tied •« kept a secret until a lew minute, before tlic adver-ilaed time for the nereis*.Score* ignoring the advice were caught unprepared when the ga* came down the road line a blanket ot f»lt; Police advised them to make a detourIround the affected area and ercour- »' aged those with gas nusk* to go on. Hundreds did. Women stopped to adjust their masks and walked on to do suopptng.The Mayor described the teit as a great aucceas.There was one casually. A milkman who did not have hit mask tried to carry on. He Mid: “1 cried like a child. I'll carry my mask beocc-lorth.’*
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Launceston Examiner
Launceston, Tasmania, AU
Wed, Feb 19, 1941
Page 11
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