GIFTS FOR N.Z. TROOPS
Officer to Take Charge WELLINGTON, March 14. The appointment is announced of Mr. James Melling, of Auckland, as Gift Commissioner to represent the National Patriotic Fund Board with the New. Zealand Expeditionary Force overseas. It is understood Mr. Melling will have the rank of Major. He will have charge of all the gifts dispatched by the Board for the troops, and cash will be placed at his disposal so that he will be in. a position to make urgent purchases on behalf of the Board for the men wherever they may be stationed. It is stated that the Board desires that Mr. Melling shall go with the Secpad Echelon, and it is hoped that arrangements can be completed in time for this to be possible.
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Grey River Argus, 15 March 1940, Page 5
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