PARCELS FOR TROOPS
MORE PACKING PRECAUTIONS NEEDED. FOR TROPICAL DESTINATIONS. (Official War Correspondent, N.Z.E.F.) NEW CALEDONIA. A number of people in New Zealand are still inadequately packing parcels. of foodstuffs for the troops in the tropics. Cakes are among the most acceptable gifts, yet no cake is of much use to the recipient if either the address has been obliterated or the contents broken by faulty packing. Despite the most careful handling of parcel bags both in New Zealand and over here, cardboard wrappers have a habit of loosening, tearing or falling off, particularly if rain or dampness gets among the bags. Postal authorities in the Pacific advocate the sewing of calico or sacking round tins, with the address clearly printed on a white background. Cakes packed and addressed in this way are received in the best condition. In the tropics, too, the sealing of tin lids with adhesive tape is advocated, for if lids are left unsealed ants may ruin the contents of the tins before the soldiers have their share.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 August 1943, Page 4
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172PARCELS FOR TROOPS Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 August 1943, Page 4
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