SOLDIERS’ COMFORTS
MANY CLASSES OF GOODS SHIPMENTS WITH ECHELONS (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Tuesday The comprehensiveness of the goods sent overseas through the national patriotic organisation 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 voyage use, 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, 10,843 balaclavas, 57601 b. of cake, 9000 gift parcels, 16 cases of malt, 2664 pairs of mittens and gloves, 2847 scarves, besides biscuits, tinned fruit and meats, soups, malted milk, coffee and cocoa, playing cards, indoor games
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21215, 11 September 1940, Page 9
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130SOLDIERS’ COMFORTS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21215, 11 September 1940, Page 9
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