A MEETING AND A MEMORY

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 278, 13 August 1918, Page 2

A MEETING AND A MEMORY

"It was a boast of a day, extremely cold, and the snow was driving in a hnrrienne wind, when a captain, seeing some likely signs of sheltor, called at our 6lmnty, and aslied to stay awhile until he could get a lorry for . Naturally we wero ouly too pleased to shelter him .and made him as comfortable as possible under the circumstances. . After ho had thawed, the following conversation was carried on:— "I suppose you are a fully qualified chartered accountant, and everyone else in your unit?" "No, only our officers." ,r What, then, wero you before the war?" i "Commeroial Clerk." "Where?" "Cadbury." "Were you, really? At Bonruvillo? Ah, I remember Bournville. Spent tho happiest day I ever reiiiembor there." "Really?" "Yes, I went with the British Association. I can see the children dancing round the maypole now—the play in those lovely grouuds. Oh, it was tophole." "Of oonTse, I told him that I helped to entertain them, and for a quarter of an hour spent a very happy time—not in France—but Bournville, and it was surprising what a lot he had remembered after some eight years, recalling, even the box of chocolate that lie took home. Tho lorry arrived, and ho was soon white with 6now, and I wondered if his spirit was still at Bournville in tho sunshine." Bournville supplies are strictly rationed. Britain's necessities and consequent prohibition of export of foodstuffs alono prevent Bournville Cocoa and Cadbury's Chocolate from reaching New Zealand at present.