U.K. FOOD PARCELS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22196, 5 December 1946, Page 4

U.K. FOOD PARCELS

LEGION BRANCHES VETERANS TO BENEFIT EX-PRISONERS’. INTEREST This is a project which should appeal to every returned man in the district but its appeal to former prisoners of war will be exceptional. No one can appreciate more than the exPO W the extraordinary pleasure which comes with the receipt of a food parcel when things are tough.” said Mr A. L Morrison, speaking at last night’s meeting of the executive of the Gisborne Returned Services’ Association O" ' . . parcels to nominated destinations in the United Kingdom. The discussion followed the receipt of information from the Dominion executive of the N.Z.-R.S.A. on a nation-ally-planned campaign for forwarding parcels through the British Legion, the parent body of all British Commonwealth organisations of ex-service-men. for distribution by United Kingdom branches to the most needy cases in their resnective neighbourhoods. Not First —But Not Least The Dominion executive indicated that the British Legion had been asked to provide a list of branches with their respective strengths, and that on receipt of this information N.Z.R.S.A branches would be invited to co-oper-ate in forwarding gifts of food to “adonted” groups in the Old Country. •‘We will not be the first in the field, bv any means, for several organisations in Gisborne and throughout the district are already working on somewhat similar lines,” said Mr. J. Leggat, who presided over the meeting in the absence of the president Colonel R. F. Gambrill If we cannot be first in the field, however, we can still do a good job, and I think the opportunity will be welcomed by ’ great majority of R.S.A. members." The chairman's comments were warmly endorsed, and Mr. Morrison suggested that in any organisation for the collection of funds and dispatch of parcels the ex-prisoners of war should be invited to assist The suggestion was considered an excellent one. and the executive took further steps to initiate the organisation of the scheme. It was agreed that an early effort be made to fix the scale of the district plan, and also the method of mobilising the sympathy of returned servicemen for their comrades in the Old Country.