MEETING IN CELLAR
BUSINESS DESPITE BOMBING Writing from Taunton, Somerset, England, Mr..ErnestE. Sharp, chartered electrical engineer, who is well known in New Zealand (through his connection with Venner’s) tells Mr. M. Cable. Wellington, Tramways manager, that all the bombed people are taking their miseries in a wonderful spirit. “I think it is a case of ‘We’re not going to be beaten by any German and a deeper feeling that we might as well die as live under such a negation of all decent feeling as the Nazi philosophy presents,” he says. “Here is just one small incident to show how we are put to it at tinibs. Venner’s had a board meeting fixed for 10.30 a.m. one day. Three out of the jive got there on time, two were delayed by transport difficulties till 2.30 p.m. We carried on in fits and starts in a cellar till 5.30 p.m. with bombing going on not far off. Sometimes it is hard to believe that bombing a mile away is not on top of one. That is England to-day."
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20507, 18 March 1941, Page 4
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