Solder Food Tin Lids

Northern Advocate, 29 November 1947, Page 6

Solder Food Tin Lids

WELLINGTON, Sat. (Sp.)—Rather than tie on the press-on lids of tins containing syrup and jam it was better to solder the lids or to stick them down with adhesive tape, said the Postmaster-General (Mr Hackett) in Wellington yesterday. It should be remembered that parcels were packed in mail bags and that the bags were liable to compression in ship’s slings during loading and unloading and to movement during the voyage, said the Minister. Fifteen vessels carrying 307,138 food parcels weighing 2,903,2251 b are now on their way to the United Kingdom and it was expected that the majority of these would be delivered before Christmas said Mr Hackett. He had received a letter from the British Post Office drawing attention to the large number of badly-packed food parcels which were being received from New Zealand, said the Minister. bAd packing The British Post Office had pointed out that in many cases the -outer packages comprised yielding cardboard boxes or merely brown paper wrapping, and frequently no form of interior packing was used. In many cases, tinned and packaged goods were packed together, with the result that the pressure of the tinned goods burst open the package goods, v The British Post Office had pointed out that this damage not only caused certain disappointments and inconvenience to the recipients of the parcels, but also increased the task of the British postal authorities in dealing with the huge volume of incoming food parcels.