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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 67, 18 March 1916, Page 8

That the postal authorities are not always to blame when parcels intended for 1 - men at the front do not reach the addressee is shown by the experience of Mr. J. L. Davis, of Mt. Eden, who forwarded a parcel of good things to his cousin in the fighting line. He has since received a better from his soldier relative stating that as be was in hospital when the package arrived his mates had opened it up and shared the contents. , In the great deal of discussion in the Press about the best utilisation of our financial resources-in the present time of national emergency, attention has been drawn to the unclaimed balances in the hands of the banks (writes the Sydney correspondent of the "Post"). It is estimated that these balances amount altogether to something like three-quarters of a million sterling. The suggestion has been made that the banks, which have .full use of this money, ought to be required to make it available for war funds or to invest it in the local war loans and apply the interest to war charities. In keeping with the common disposition to say what ought to be done with other people's money, the matter is being discussed with much eagerness, and the Attorney-General of New South Wales has already been induced to start inquiry as to what power the Government has in the matter. ,