LETTERS FROM ENGLAND

Chronicle (Levin), 5 March 1947, Page 2

LETTERS FROM ENGLAND

Sister E. M. Lewis, at one time a resident of Otaki and now in Engand, writes by airmail letter tha he people of England are passing through a very gloomy time, it being nothing else but snow, with an acute shortage of firing and electricity. On the day of writihg ; ihe had seen four small children rying to keep warm by the aid of two lighted candles. The Government, Sister Lewis maintains, has muddled badly. She had reccived i parcel from New Zealand, which "he intended to share with some of the other unfortunates, and it was a Goa-send. Some pitiful sights are seen in all directions, many people being forced to go to bed to keep warm. Nurse Groves writes in a similar strsin, but to make matters worse she had the misfortune. to ireak a wrist. "We are," she adds, "still having awful weather, and it eems even worse than v/hen it started eight weeks ago. For hours m end there is no electricity," no ght and no v/ireless, and it certainly is a grim look-out."' Visibility on account of the snow and-bliszard -7as slmost nil at the time-of writing (February 21).