FRUIT AND SUGAR
SERVICEMEN'S PARCELS
"Arrangements are being made to release substantial quantities of canned fruit and vegetable products immediately, in addition to the considerable quantities which have been released duririg the past two months," said the Minister of Supply (Mr. Sullivan) in the House of Representatives yesterday, in reply to a question put by Mr. F. Langstone (Government, Waimarino), on behalf of the member for Napier (Mr. Barnard), asking when the promised release of canned goods would be available for inclusion in soldiers' parcels, and also when the promised additional sugar ration to next-of-kin for cake making would be available.
The Minister said that as in the case of previous distributions, the canned goods would be disposed of through normal trade channels throughout the Dominion. Arrangements were already under way for the release of extra sugar to the next-of-kin of all members of the services. serving overseas for making cakes for inclusion in Christmas parcels. The details would be announced later by the Rationing Controller. ■»
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 43, 19 August 1943, Page 4
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166FRUIT AND SUGAR Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 43, 19 August 1943, Page 4
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