N0 DETERI0RATI0N PARCELS FOR BRITAIN "It will be a relief to all of us to know lliat there will be no long storage and deterioration of New Zealand food parcels, ' ' said the Prime Alinister I (Alr. Fraser) in the Ilouse of Represen- | tatives, after reading a cablegram received from the New Zealand High Comniissioner in London (Alr. Jordan) which indicated that there liad been no deterioration th rough, long storage of parcels sent from New Zealand to the United Kingdom. Tlie matter w'as raised in a question 011 Wednesdav by Mr. F. W. Doidge (Tauranga), who referred to a rcport in a London newspaper. Mr. Jordan 's cablegram said tliat Dr. Edith Huiiiinerskill. liad informod- the liouse -of Comnious that There- was' 110 sign of deterioration in eouditio-n, nor had there been any deterioration in tlie past. Aboul 200,000 cases had been dis tributed since last Christnias and aboul 170,000 eases were awaiting allocatio-n. Additional stalf was being sought to deal with tlrem, and it was lropcd that ' there would be a considerable- speed-up in distribution. - There were alinost 2000 New Zealand cases which had arrived within the last ' sixj weeks and which were to be allocated.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 July 1946, Page 2
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