BIG BEN WORKING
AFTER TWELVE-HOUR STOP. DUE TO MISHAP DURING REPAIRS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. Noon.) RUGBY, June 4. Big Ben is working again as usual after having slopped for twelve hours. The cause of the mishan was a workman's hammer left on the hour spindle bracket during repairs to the clock face, which was damaged during a recent raid.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 June 1941, Page 6
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62BIG BEN WORKING Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 June 1941, Page 6
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