RAIDS ON BRITAIN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24474, 6 December 1940, Page 4

RAIDS ON BRITAIN

DAMAGE EXAGGERATED BRITISH FIRM'S STATEMENT " We suspect that grossly exaggerated reports are being circulated abroad in regard to the damage and dislocation of business because of German air raids on this country." says a British manufacturer in a letter received in Auckland. "We should like to inform vou of the actual position, which we know you will accept as plain straightforward facts and not in any way exag"Oufe 'factory has not lost a minute of working time as a result of the blitzkrieg, nor has our output been restricted in any way. We have no difficulties as a result of air raids in carrying on our business in a Perfectly normal way. Our salesmen and buyers go on their journeys as frequently as usual, including their regular visits to London." , .„ The letter adds that more than 99 per cent, of business firms in Britain could make the same statement. The firm says it is rib) on Government work and therefore receives no preferential treatment or protection in carrying on its business. In its own specialised field the war has not affected the business in any way. and the demand for its goods in Britain was greater during the first year of war than for the previous two or three years.