FOREIGN POPPIES.
BRITISH LEGION'S EFFORT.
MOVE TO END A SCANDAL.
Tho British Legion is striving to stop the meanest " dumping " of all—tho sending into tho country of foreign-made " Flanders poppies " to bo sold for private profit dn Armistice Day. Armistice Day poppies have only ono origin and meaning—to help tho men who need and deserve holp. To make it an occasion for private gain by foreign manufacturers and their agents or dupes in England is regarded as a scandal. A strict watch is being kept at the ports, and customs officials have instructions to watch for " fake " poppies that may be sent from the Continent. " Attempts wero made to smuggle poppies into England for November 11 last," said Captain Wilcox, of the British Legion. We have issued warnings to florists and others that all genuine Haig poppies, manufactured by tho disabled ex-servicemen at Richmond, are marked either ' Haig Fund ' or ' H.F.' " Captain Wilcox said that 280 men are employed throughout tho year on the work of making poppies. Last year 40,000,000 poppies and 25,000 wreaths wero manufactured.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20768, 10 January 1931, Page 8 (Supplement)
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177FOREIGN POPPIES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20768, 10 January 1931, Page 8 (Supplement)
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