Grocer s Bin' Scheme For Aid To Britain

Northern Advocate, 9 December 1948, Page 7

Grocer s Bin' Scheme For Aid To Britain

BY the end of next week almost every grocer s shop In Northland will give pride of place to an Aid for Britain binjn which individuals may place tins of condensed milk or tats, labeUed with the sender’s name and address, for parcelling and cesic Britain.

Not every person may wish to send a full food parcel to Britain, and the "grocer’s bin” scheme is being promoted by the Northland Aid for Britain Committee to serve those who wish to send single items, says Mr H. P. Conyers-Brown, who is chiefly responsible for organising the scheme. Each donor will be provided with a label to be affixed to the tin or pack“on the label will be printed the words: :“This gift comes to you with the compliments of the people of Northland, New Zealand,” together with space Mr the sender’s name and address. Most of the contents of the bins will later be packaged by committee workers in the Drill Hall, Whangarei, which has been made available for this work by the Army. All such gifts will be consigned to the Overseas Gifts Allocation Centre of the British Ministry of Food. First preferences in food are: Evaporated milk, powdered milk, condensed milk (full cream), malted milk, lard or cleared dripping, shreddo (in tins), tinned meat, tinned bacon, canned cheese, treacle and golden syrup, honey and jam, fruit cakes, plum puddings, soap. All these are belter packed in tins. Do not send meat or fish paste, any tinned fish, meat or vegetable extracts, soup cubes or tinned soup, cocoa, tinned vegetables, coffee, junket tablets or flour puddings.