ABOVE QUOTA.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 77, 1 April 1940, Page 8

ABOVE QUOTA.

GIFTS FOR TROOPS.

2500 PARCELS SFNT.

AUCKLAND'S GOOD EFFORT.

Gratification with the response of the Auckland Province to the appeal of the National Patriotic Fund Board for gift parcels for the fir s t echelon of the Second Xew Zealaud Expeditionary Force hi E-rypt, was expressed to-day by Sir Ernest Davis, in his capacity a-s chairman of the Auckland Provincial Patriotic Council. Sir Ernest said that the province had been aeked to supply and pacJc 2345 parcels of uniform content, and have them delivered to headquarters in Wellington, l»y to-morrow. He was pleased to i>e able to indicate that the province had exceeded the quota, and that approximately i>oo parcels, packed into 250 boxes, had been dispatched to Wellington from the nine zones comprising the Auckland Provincial Patriotic Council. Willing Workers. '•I heartily congratulate all concerned upon this magnificent result."' said Sir Ernest. "The outcome is due to the tireless energies of willing bands of -workers throujrhout the province, who, in recen: ivooks, have been applying themaelrej wholeheartedly to the work."

Sir Ernest added that the provincial council was grateful for the eo-operatka and assistance it had received from the various branches of the Women'e Institute of Xcw Zealand, who. although not ■Members of the organisation. «ad. at the reijuest of tin- Uominion president, forwarded substantial supplies of parcels t<> headquarters in Auckland. The manner in which patriotic controlling vonmiittcos in the nine zones had responded to the appeal was characteristic- t>f the patriotic services which had been 7>erfomie<i since the beginning of the war. Much Useful Knitting. It was worthy of note. too. that tb« collection and paekinjr of parcels had not interfered with the other activities of the gone committees, including tie knitting of 2000 pair.- of prloves for tfc* Air Force and 4092 balaclavas for the three arms of the service. At an earij date the making of 6951 "hussifs," followed by a regular supply of them at the rate of 662 a month., would be taken in hand.

"The provincial council." Sir Ernest added, "expresses to all those associated with these activities its appreciative thanks. ■'