SHIPPED WITH EACH ECHELON
GOODS FOR THE VOYAGE AND OVERSEAS AN IMPOSING LIST [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, September 10. The comprehensiveness of the goods sent overseas through the National Patriotic Organisation is shown in the lists of articles shipped with each echelon. They range from pen nibs to feature talking films. Usually about 100 different classes of .goods are put aboard for use on the voyage, including atlases and books, writing materials, games, tobacco, and scarves and mittens. In goods not wanted on the voyage are some imposing quantities.. For example, with one echelon were 5,000 cases of apples, 10,848 balaclavas, 5,760 pounds of cake, 9,000 gift parcels, 16 cases of malt, 2.664 pairs of mittens and cloves and 2,847 scarves, besides biscuits, tinned fruit and meats, soups, malted milk, coffee and cocoa, playing cards, indoor games, etc.
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Evening Star, Issue 23677, 10 September 1940, Page 4
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139SHIPPED WITH EACH ECHELON Evening Star, Issue 23677, 10 September 1940, Page 4
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