PRISONERS OF WAR
RED CROSS PARCELS A Matamata lady, who thought the information would be of some comfort lo relatives of prisoners of wains well as of general interest has supplied particulars of the contents of parcels sent from England by the Red Cross Society through Geneva for prisoners of war. Each of the parcels is valued at 10s, anti the contents are as follow: — One packet of Army ration biscuits. One box cheese. One packet chocolate. One tin herrings. One packet dried fruit. "One tin dripping. One tin roast beef. One. tin steak and kidney pudding. One tin condensed milk. One tin sausages. Quarter pound sugar. Quarter pound tea. One tin assorted vegetables. One tin bramble jelly (vitamised). One tin ovaltine. Soap. Fifty cigarettes or 1 ounce tobacco.
An average of 363,658 such parcels are forwarded every month, and the cost is over £1,500,000 per annum.
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Franklin Times, Volume XXX, Issue 91, 18 August 1941, Page 3
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147PRISONERS OF WAR Franklin Times, Volume XXX, Issue 91, 18 August 1941, Page 3
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