Britain's Blows Softened By Friends
“We just live hand to mouth as far as foodstuffs are concerned,” states a letter received by the Mayoress of Whangarei (Mrs Jones) from the Mission to Seamen, London. A parcel of woollen clothing had been received when the English were “in the midst of coping with terrible conditions—severe cold, frozen pipes, coal-less grates and, to cap it all, electricity cuts, which, of course, means blacked-out streets.
“It is depressing to say the least of it,” remarks the senior chaplain. “We have had snow and frost and snow again until we feel we shall never feel warm again; how we are longing for a little sunshine. “We'disposed of your woollies to needy people and you can imagine within a little of the pleasure you and your friends gave them in these awful conditions. “It is wonderful and most encouraging to us to have your sympathy and help and that of the people of Whangarei; for a town of only 10,000 your list of good works is splendid. “We certainly seem to get one blow after another in this dear old country, but the blows are softened when we have such good friends as your good selves behind us,” the letter concludes.
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Northern Advocate, 8 March 1947, Page 3
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