ICE CREAM PLANT
MIDDLE EAST TROOPS
EQUIPMENT ORDERED
(Per Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, this day,
Equipment which, when completed, will enable ice cream to be manufactured on the spot, stored and trans-, ported to' the New Zealand forces in the Middle East, has been authorised by the National Patriotic Fund Board. A contract has been let for the construction of a plant in Wellington. Besides providing for ice cream, it will cool drinks. Its capacity will be 250 to 300 gallons of ice cream for an eight-hour working day and a greater quantity if required.
A mobile unit will be included in the equipment ensuring supplies being available for general hospitals, field ambulances and canteens in the forward areas.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20572, 4 June 1941, Page 6
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118ICE CREAM PLANT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20572, 4 June 1941, Page 6
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