CHRISTMAS GIFT PARCELS
STILL NEEDED FOR ITALY AND EGYPT
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, October 23. “ Although recently large numbers of New Zealand service personnel have returned to the Dominion, it will again be necessary to provide patriotic gift parcels for a considerable number in Italy and Egypt this Christmas,” said Colonel F. Waite, the National Patriotic Fund Board commissioner, in a report to the board. He also refers to the necessity of making a further issue of winter sports gear. To date, he said, 60 sets of Rugby gear had been issued to units in ftaly; and arrangements made to supply Soccer and hockey material, and material for athletics. Eighteen sets of Rugby gear had been issued to the troops in Egypt. _
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Evening Star, Issue 25621, 23 October 1945, Page 4
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120CHRISTMAS GIFT PARCELS Evening Star, Issue 25621, 23 October 1945, Page 4
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