GLASSES NEEDED
USE BY ARMED FORCES
PUBLIC ASKED TO GIVE (By Telegraph. — Press Association) WELLINGTON, Friday An appeal for binoculars, nightglasses, telescopes and prismatic compasses for the armed forces has been made by the Minister of Defence, the* Hon. F. Jones. In asking the public to make a contribution, the Minister said he felt that people would be very willing to give up valuable, perhaps even treasured, possessions for so vital a cause as the defence of the country. Optical glasses were largely manufactured in Germany and the greatly increased need for them by British armed forces was more than the productive capacity of the United Kingdom and the United States could cope with at present. In New Zealand enough glasses could not be obtained for all requirements. The Minister asked that the glasses should be sent to the QuartermasterGeneral, care of the Ordnance Department, Trentham, or so addressed to any defence office in New Zealand.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21188, 10 August 1940, Page 9
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156GLASSES NEEDED Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21188, 10 August 1940, Page 9
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