FROM UNITED STATES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 25 October 1941, Page 5

FROM UNITED STATES

s FURTHER GIFTS OF COMFORTS FOR 11 SERVICEMEN 0 j d ' The secretary of the National Patri- >- otic Fund Board. Mr G. A. Hayden, v i has received a further generous dona1. tion of £3OO 'N.Z.' from the Anznc t. War Relief Fund of New York for the n 1 provision of Christmas hampers for members of the 2nd N.Z.E.F. on active service. This particular gift is made up of contributions from the New York, Chicago and Pacific Coast Divisions of the Anzac War Relief Fund. The local representative of the Fund, Mr H. P. Griffin, stated that as a result I of this donation some six hundred par- ' cels were being dispatched to the Middle East and that these would contain handkerchiefs, safety razor blades, writ. " i ing paper and envelopes, shaving soun. dentifrice, condensed milk. canned ' pears, oysters, aspirin and chewing gum. '• : The citizens of the United Slates, who l ] have contributed to the funds have 1 already given generous help to the 2nd N.Z.E.F. in providing 25 ambulances, 1 one mobile dental unit and costly medical equipment, two and a quarter mil- ; lion cigarettes. 11 cases of books and " magazines, mobile canteens and £1.50(1 s to furnish the N.Z.E.F. Club in Cairo. L * They are now procuring radio head- * phones for use in military hospitals 1 and a wide range of sporting goods - which ul present are unobtainable •» New Zealand. 1 These gifts are all the more appie ciated when it is realised that the poor pie of the United States have to pro i I vide comforts for their own lighting j forces—all of which are giving increa - - ing calls for contributions during :e cent months.