TOBACCO FOR TROOPS.
PATRIOTIC BOARD PURCHASES.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Sept. 19
After the despatch of Christmas gift parcels for the men of the New Zealand Fighting Forces overseas, under the National Patriotic Fund Board’s unaddressed gift-parcels scheme, it has been decided by the board to institute a new system of sending tobacco and cigarettes which should assist in ensuring that the individual tastes of the men will be more nearly met. The board decided at a meeting to-day to obtain from the canteens at training camps in New Zealand particulars showing the popularity of the various brands of tobacco and cigarettes with the men in camps, and then to huv’in accordance with the preference shown by the information from the canteens, and send the cigarettes and tobacco overseas in bulk. The purchasing will be done by the National Patriotic Fund Board, and provincial councils will be asked to provide the necessary fluids. This decision was made by the board following a recommendation from a conference of provincial council secretaries which 6at in Wellington last week.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 251, 20 September 1940, Page 6
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