ALL CHEERFUL
SPIRIT OF LONDONERS.
REPLY TO OFFER 0E HELP. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Sept 16. The New Zealand office, in 'Wellington, of a firm of insurance brokers lias received from its London office a cable which admirably expresses the spirit in which the people of London are taking the terrific hammering which is being dealt to them at the present time. ' Last Thursday a cable from the London office of the firm advised that the building in which it was situated, which was only about 30 yards from the city end of London Bridge, had been totally destroyed. The manager in New Zealand immediately cabled the managing-director of the London office expressing from the whole of the organisation in New Zealand sympathy and gratitude that the whole of the London staff was safe. The cable concluded by -asking “How can we assist you?” . ~ This morning an answering cable, lodged in London on Saturday, advised that the London office staff were already reorganising. Their records are safe and they have moved to a new address. The replv concludes: You can only assist, in the capacity of navvy work. AH are cheerful.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 246, 16 September 1940, Page 6
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191ALL CHEERFUL Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 246, 16 September 1940, Page 6
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