SOLDIERS’ SOCKS.
[to the editor.] Sir, —Some women seem to have more! understanding than oth< ers, arid to "these we soldiers .in - th.e trenches ’24 years ■ ago; were • very grateful.- When one _Jwas± -fortunate enough to. receive a pair of good, thick,, hand-knitted' sock's, one treasured th,em ! above-all .else/one. possessed? at the-time?" They ’wefe.wash ed, out ...carefully; i. and.’ dried ’ under their - owner's Watchful eye. As for the,-\2/- factory* made; socks, by.; J#rs, trier-arb' not: serviceable 'for ' wear, in- ordinary worlting boots’in' civil life, .let • alone, heavy ' army boots. -■’ More power to those '■ busy-hands knit ting.-thick, socks for. soldiers" (double knitting.wool pre-ferled).-^’am? etc?,' ----- ' , RETURNED S.OLDIE.R;.': .• -s'r v ' ~ w .
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 February 1940, Page 5
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108SOLDIERS’ SOCKS. Greymouth Evening Star, 12 February 1940, Page 5
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