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Levin Daily Chronicle, 29 January 1918, Page 3

Mr Massey recently cabled t)ie Commonwealth Government uring the removal of the embargo, so far as New Zealand is concerned, on the export ot superphosphates from Australia; oi that, at any rate, supplies already contracted for might be allowed to be shipped. Mr Massey has now been advised that the permits to export superphosphates were withheld pendin„ enquiry as to local requirements, but instructions have subsequently been issued that, pending a definite decision, shipments were to be allowed to bt sent to New Zealand m order to fulfil already existing contracts until -Otli A Waihi boy in London, who officially handles posted matter to New-Zealand soldiers, writing to hisparentsbythe last mail, gives some to people sending parcels to the front. He states that chocolates arc very often unfit to eat, and it is money thrown away sending them. About <5 per cent of the cakes received are musty unfit to eat, although sealed m tins. Soap should not be packed in the same parcels with eatables. Honey should not be sent in cardboard ;|ara. Honey, nam, and treacle should be properly sealed. The lids of treacle tins squeeze® down is not sufficient. Clicking gum should not be sent —it spoils all eatables in parcels, and is bail itself wnen it reaches here. Sugar should not do sent in paper or cardboard boxes, as it often arrives wet,. If poop 1", only saw how the contents of ?. great many parcels arrive they would not waste tae money. You would be surprised to see the number of fine big eakes unfit for consumption. Tho writer forwards n packet and a tin of cigarettes as evidence of the result when sent m packets and unsealed t.ns. Tins containing no cigarettes properly sealed are all riglit. Sometimes the addresses cannot be read in account of mildew ther seems to play ' ayoc with the contents of parcels.