SOLDIERS- 'XMAS GIFTS
AN OFFER FROM LONDON. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Wanganui, October 11. A proposal which the Wanganui Patriotic Committee considers will solvo tlio ppblem of providing the men at the front with Christmas comforts comes from the London committee, of which Mr. Cecil Wray, a well-known ex-New Zealander, is chairman, and several prominent New Zealanders are members. The London committee will 'make up', pack, and ship parcels containing tobacco, cigarettes, and other specified articles, constituting an acceptable gift at a cost of 3s. Id. per parcel. To enable this to be done all money must bo remitted by the end of November. The contents of the parcel represent a much greater value than could be sent from hero at tho same cost, and the Wanganui committee have approved the scheme and have decided to ask all other committees to co-operato on the basis of 4s. a parcel, so as to enable cake tc be added to the contents; £200 will provide a thousand parcels.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2509, 12 October 1915, Page 6
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165SOLDIERS- 'XMAS GIFTS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2509, 12 October 1915, Page 6
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