Aid For Britain Boxes In Stores

Northern Advocate, 29 November 1948, Page 5

Aid For Britain Boxes In Stores

Boxes are to be placed in all grocers’ shops in Whangarei by the Northland Aid for Britain Committee, according to the secretary-organiser (Mr H. P. Conyers-Brown). Tinned food and parcels for Britain may be placed in these boxes, and labels will be supplied through the grocer.

Next year the committee hopes to begin a school-to-school scheme for sending parcels. Food will be collected at schools in Northland, packed and despatched free of charge, and sent to a nominated school in England.

This scheme is expected to prove particularly helpful in supplying English children with sweets. The British ration is only 4oz a month. FREE PACKAGING A centre will probably be set up in the Whangarei Drill Hall shortly for the free packaging of food parcels under the bulk scheme. “It is not generally known in Northland that it is not necessary to send food by parcel post,” said Mr ConyersBrown. “If individuals or organisations wish to send parcels, then the cases for packing are supplied free by the committee, are railed free, put on board a ship and sent to England free. “The only condition is that parcels may not be addressed to individuals, but must be left to mayors, chambers of commerce and other organisations in towns in England to allocate under the supervision of the Ministry of Food.”