Singapore, Mar. 10.
The British authorities here today notified residents of the east and west coastal regions in the 200 square mile areas of Singapore island to prepare to evacuate "areas where it is expected that fighting will take place if Singapore is attacked by sea."
The notification stressed that the action was of a precautionary nature, however, it added that since it might be impossible to give more than 48 hours warning, it was "necessary to get ready now."
Meanwhile, civilians throughout British Malaya were given a taste of war-time conditions when comprehensive defence measures, which began on March 6, entered their second phase in which the land, sea and air forces, with all civilian units, met in a simulated attack on the peninsula.
All air-raid precautions and posts were manned as Singapore withstood two mock ing raids and prepared to enforce a complete blackout tonight—Domei. number of men who have left Shanghai for active service in various paris of the world it is felt that it should not be difficult for Britons to find employment locally at this time. Repatriation grants have therefore been suspended and the cost of assisted passages avoided whenever possible. More especially has this course been desirable in view of the adverse exchange conditions,
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