PEOPLE'S SPIRIT
FRIENDLY CO-OPERATION
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, September 3. The Commissioner of Civil Defence for the Northern Region says:—
"It is most gratifying to find how well the plans for emergency feeding and • shelter for families made homeless have worked. Where more than 100 people find themselves absolutely homeless there is a feeding centre all ready in the local schools and willing helpers are there to serve food and hot drinks, and there is accommodation for sleeping while billets are being arranged. -
"The whole region has such arrangements, and what has been done officially has been aided by the fine spirit of friendliness and co-operation among the neighbours. Such spirit finds its expression, particularly in the mining villages, in 'good neighbours' clubs. A police sergeant has given hospitality in his own house for an indefinite stay to a brave man who escaped miraculously from a demolished house in which he lost his wife and all their material belongings.
"Knowing the temper and behaviour of the people, I am confident that if something much worse should yet be in store they will face it without wavering."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400905.2.78
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 58, 5 September 1940, Page 11
Word Count
186PEOPLE'S SPIRIT Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 58, 5 September 1940, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.