DOVER'S POPULATION
j ■ ♦ CAN MOVE UNDERGROUND •"Tin. , whole population of Dove-: can move underground ;il a mo'ment's notice, and Hint is j.,ust what it j)];ms to do—-unless the Government, ii.rees an evacuation —if the Germans attempt to invade, the country and the harbour and town become a battlefield. There i> enough food and water stored in the caves to supply the shelterers for a fortnight if necessary while the battle rages outside and above them. Even now,, thousand people go into tho caves ever}- niijit. because in many cases they are more comfortable than in their own homes and because it is shnplier to settle clown there at bedtime tlian to have to scurry .underground like startled rabbits when the siren blows in the middle of the. night."—T. Long, in the New York Times,
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 3, 11 September 1942, Page 3
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