PARCELS SENT TO EGYPT
NON-ARRIVAL EXPLAINED
“Many letters have come from Egypt lately containing the information that at the time of writing no parcels or comforts had been received by the soldiers,” said the chairman of the executive of the Southland Provincial Patriotic Council, Mr W. Grieve, in a statement yesterday. “While this may be true, it must be remembered that the non-arrival of comforts in Egypt does not mean that the parcels were not sent.”
Circumstances over which the National Fund Board had no control prevented the parcels being received by the soldiers. However, the board endeavoured to’ meet the situation to the best of its ability by cabling £5OOO to Egypt in order to stock the canteens there with goods which the soldiers could purchase at a nominal rate and also, in some cases, to provide them with a free issue of what goods were available. Furthermore, the board arranged for goods to be purchased in England and sent to Egypt at the first opportunity. “This explanation is made,” said Mr Grieve, “in order that the people of Southland may know that the board is doing everything in its power to meet a situation that the exigencies of war make unavoidable.”
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Southland Times, Issue 24242, 27 September 1940, Page 4
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203PARCELS SENT TO EGYPT Southland Times, Issue 24242, 27 September 1940, Page 4
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