No Cigarettes or Tobacco for Soldiers Overseas
Do. not include cigarettes and tobacco in parcels to_ soldiers overseas. This request has been made by the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. jones, on receipt of information from Major-General Freyberg, V.C., Ofticer Commanding the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force. In a message from Egypt, General Freyberg has stated that the soldiers are being called upon to pay high duty on any cigarettes and tobacco which might be included in gift parcels. Mr. Jones expressed his regret at having to make the request, but said that he did so in the interests of the soldiers.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 38, 15 March 1940, Page 2
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103No Cigarettes or Tobacco for Soldiers Overseas New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 38, 15 March 1940, Page 2
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