GIFTS FROM EIRE
To Assist Relief Of Distress In Europe
TOTAL VALUE OP £3,000,000
Rec. 1.30 p.m. LONDON, May 18. The Prime Minister of Eire, Mr. de Valera, anuounced in the Dail that the Eire Government will make available through the Red Cross a quantity of food and other goods for the relief of distress in Europe if transport can be secured. The supplies, which are valued at £3 000,000, include 20,000 cattle, 800 tons of bacon, 1000 tons of butter, 250 tons of cheese, 10,000,0001b of tinned meats, 10,000 tons of sugar, 500 tons of dried milk, 250 tons of condensed milk, and 55 tons of baby food. Other goods include 10,000 blankets, 100,0001b of knitted garments, 20,000 dozen socks, 500 cooking stoves and field kitchens. These gifts are not to interfere with exports to Britain, but home rations of bacon, dried and condensed milk and sugar are to be reduced.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 117, 19 May 1945, Page 5
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