dora

Question 1

dora stated that knowone was to loiter near bridges railways or ports

Answer 1

in october 1917 a man was found guilty of entering queensferry , a restricted area, without a pass. He wanted to get the ferry, pushed passed the security at the enterance to queensferry and was arrested by a policeman - he recieved a 14 day scentence

Question 2

dora introduced lighting restrictions

Answer 2

homes businesses, street lamps and vehicles were all effected

Question 3

dora allowed for the censorship of private letters

Answer 3

in december 1915 censorship was beginning to really disrupt post - a letter posted from bo’ness on a friday wouldn’t reach inverness until wednesday

Question 4

dora introduced restrictions on the sale of alcohol

Answer 4

in june 1916 the government took control of local breweries and 363 licensed premises. nearly 40% of pubs were closed down, advertising of alcohol became ilegal and managers became government employees

Question 5

dora introduced new or raised existing taxes

Answer 5

this was to raise money to pay for the war. the government increased tax on alcohol - in 1918 a bottle of whisky cost £1, 5 times what it had cost before the outbreak of war

Question 6

under dora local authority’s could temporarily take land from its owners and turn it over for food production

Answer 6

local authority’s in the highlands used dora to claim land from big estates. they issued short term tenancy agreements to crofters to produce food. However, at the end of the war, many crofters refused to return the land to its original owners