Defence has cutlery, tenor horns on list
PA Wellington If anyone has 24,840 pieces of cutlery, 2,160,000 grams of foot and body powder, 1500 pairs of sunglasses or three E flat tenor horns, New Zealand needs /jyou. The Ministry of Defence, in its regular tender process, is looking for someone to supply the armed forces with these
items. It seems the officers’ messes in the air force, army and navy are starting to run out of Hampton Court cutlery which, because they have to be in a highly polished state, are getting worn out. The Ministry is looking for the whole range of cutlery from teaspoons to fish forks and steak knives.
The sort of cutlery it is looking for retails for about $2500 for a 44-piece set. Field soldiers will not be missing out — the Ministry is ordering them 72,000 30 gram shaker packs of foot and body The sunglasses are for the naval dockyard workers in Auckland who are having problems with glare from the water.
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Press, 24 August 1988, Page 6
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