NO ENGLISH DUTY
TOBACCO AND OTHER GIFTS. An assurance that no duty is payable on tobacco and other goods sent through parcel post to soldiers in England from relatives and friends in New Zealand, is given by a member of the second echelon in a letter to a friend in Wellington. He said that many New Zealand soldiers at Home had received word from their people that they did not intend to post tobacco “as there was -too much duty to pay on its arrival in England.” “That is not correct, and it would be doing us over here a great service if somebody would write to the newspapers and tell the people that we do not pay duty on any goods received through, parcel post from New Zealand,” he added. Many of the New Zealand soldiers in England were concerned about the position, as they preferred the Dominion tobacco. . The Canadians got all theii’ tobacco and cigarettes duty free, buying from canteens organised by their own Government at smaller prices than those paid by the New Zealanders.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 January 1941, Page 2
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178NO ENGLISH DUTY Greymouth Evening Star, 17 January 1941, Page 2
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