How To Send Gift Parcels To Men Overseas

Northern Advocate, 24 January 1940, Page 2

How To Send Gift Parcels To Men Overseas

; r Per Press Association. Copyright l : WELLINGTON. This Day.

| A report by the committee which j went into the question of sending 1 gift parcels to New Zealand soldiers I overseas was adopted at the last meetj ing of the National Patriotic Fund 1 Board. j It is proposed to send to the nexti of-kin of all men who enlist instruc- ! tions setting out the best way to pack j parcels and suggestions as to the conI tents and other general information. ! Under the boards plan, all addressed ! parcels forwarded by an individual j to individual members of the ExpedI itionary Force are to be sent through j the Post Office in the normal way. j Postage Costs i The present reduced cost of parcels j is 1/6 for 311 b, rising to 3/- for 711 b, I the maximum weight accepted by the i Post Office. I Inquiries have been made to sec if i the present rates can bo further reduced, and the Post Office authorities are awaiting replies from q verse as countries. 1 Provincial patriotic councils are lo 1 be requested to arrange in all towns i some means to enable local people to ; have tins hermetically sealed.

Storage at Wellington

No individually-addressed parcels are handled by either the National Patriotic Fund Board or Provincial Councils.

i In lieu of individually-addressed J parcels, provincial councils are to be I requested to make up standard parcels, ; which will be crated and forwarded I to Wellington. It is intended to use a warehouse j in Wellington where the parcels can i be stored and forwarded overseas as ! troopships are available. I Because tin plating is Almost impos- ! sible to procure in New Zealand at the | present time, it is practically imposj sible to forward perishable goods in : individual parcels.

Substitute for Tin?

Inquiries, however, .are being made to see if some satisfactory substitute for tin can be provided. ,

The committee expressed "the view that there was something to be gained by an endeavour to obtain a standardised parcel, but it was pointed out that owing to a possible shortage of materials, the position wfjuld have to be envisaged when parcels would have to be wrapped in brown paper and packed carefully in crates.