GIFTS FOR SOLDIERS
♦ REMITTANCE OF MONEY. [BY TELEGBAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington. Thursday. Instruction's regarding the addressing of gifts intended for sick and wounded New Zealand soldiers are contained in a cablegram from Lieutenant-Colonel B. H. Rhodes to the Minister for Defence. "Send all gifts and money for New Zealand sick and wounded to the care of the officer commanding the New Zealand base depot, Cairo," says the message. '* He is chairman of the Central Committee which attends to the distribution of comforts to our sick and wounded."' The Defence authorities, in issuing this cabelgram for general information, state that money intended for soldiers should be sent to the address given by Colonel Rhodes, through the Under-Secretary for Internal Affairs, Wellington. Gifts should be packed securelv and sent to Captain Bilton, Defence Stores, K Shed, Wellington, whence they will be forwarded on transports as opportunity offers.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16097, 10 December 1915, Page 9
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145GIFTS FOR SOLDIERS New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16097, 10 December 1915, Page 9
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