GOODS SENT TO SOLDIERS
COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF ARTICLES
(United Press Association)
WELLINGTON, September 10.
The comprehensiveness of the goods sent overseas through the national patriotic organization 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 material, games, tobacco and scarves and mittens.
In the goods not wanted on the voyage are some imposing quantities. For example with one echelon were 5000 cases of apples, 10,848 balaclavas, 57601 b of cake, 9000 gift parcels, 16 cases of malt, 2664 pairs of mittens and gloves and 2847 scarves, besides biscuits, tinned fruit and meats, soups, malted milk, coffee and cocoa, playing cards, indoor games and so on.
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Southland Times, Issue 24228, 11 September 1940, Page 3
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136GOODS SENT TO SOLDIERS Southland Times, Issue 24228, 11 September 1940, Page 3
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