C.O.R.S.O. WORK
Garments And Shoes
Since C.0.R.5.0. began this year’s operations In Christchurch at the beginning of February, 26,255 garments had been sent to India, Korea, Hong Kong, Algeria and Greece, the district organiser (Mr G. H. Coley) said this week.
The countries mentioned were not the only ones served by C.0.R.5.0., but all clothing so far this year had been sent to them.
Mr Coley said that 10,250 pairs of footwear had been dispatched from Christchurch and the West Coast. Each pair was specially treated before it left the city by being dusted with a special insecticide and preservative, to ensure the shoes were not affected by insects or heat Discussing New Zealand assistance to the famine-strick-en state of Bihar in India, Mr Coley said that £lO,OOO worth of milk powder had already reached the state, and another £5OOO worth was now on its way. As further funds became available more would be sent
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31365, 10 May 1967, Page 9
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