GOODS FOR TROOPS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 123, 6 March 1941, Page 5

GOODS FOR TROOPS.

SOME DAMAGED IN ENGLAND. CHRISTMAS GIFTS DISTRIBUTED. (P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day: Although Christmas parcels sent by the Patriotic Fund Board reached tho New Zealand Forces in England safely and in good condition, a considerable portion of woollen , goods included in the consignment suffered severely by enemy action after arrival in Britain. Advice has been received from , the overseas commissioner (Lieut.-Colonel F. Waite, D. 5.0.) that 46 out of 50 cases of woollen goods were destroyed, representing a loss of approximately 7000 each of balaclavas, pairs of mittens and scarves. The cases were stored at a pier warehouse in Liverpool. As the contents had some salvage valuo they were handed over to the Knitted Comforts Committee to salvage and make the best use possible of the matorial worth saving. The cases were part of a big consignment of comforts. Colonel Waite ’forwarded details of Christmas parcels, showing that 142 cases went to London for. posting to individual members in the Navy and Royal Air Force, 12 ■ special cases to the Maori Battalion, three to nurses, four special cases to Forestry units, and three to members of tho New. Zealand. Forces in hospital, while 998 were allotted for distribution among other New Zealand troops.