COST OF FOOD IN CAMPS
(To the Editor) Sir, —In view of the recent appeal through your paper for donations of fruit for the lads in the Territorial Camp at Blenheim, could you through your paper, supply the following information: —The amount allowed by the Army authorities to feed each man per day in the camps of the R.N.Z.A.F., National Reserve, Mounted Rifles, Territorials. —I am, etc., DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT. Nelson, 22nd January. Enquiries reveal that no set amount is laid down, and the cost of food per man per day varies at different Army camps and Air Force stations. It is governed by the efficiency of the organisation at individual camps, nearness of markets, cost of transport and prevailing prices.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 24 January 1942, Page 2
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