TOBACCO FOR SOLDIERS
DISCRIMINATION ALLEGED (0.C.) NAPIER, Thursday
Allegations that sergeants and other higher-paid men were able to purchase tobacco and cigarettes at a discount of 12$ per cent while the rank and file had to "pay through the nose" arc contained in a letter received by the chairman of the Napier Patriotic Committee, Mr. T. W. Hercock, from a New Zealand soldier in the Middle Kast and read to members of the committee. Mr. Hercock said that his correspondent was one of a number who had been five months without a parcel of any description. It was also mentioned that Australian troops had opened up their own canteens and could obtain anything they desired whether it was from New Zealand or Australia. .Mr. Hercock said that he v. as referring the letter to the authorities, but before doing so he intended to tear the man's name off so that he would not be victimised.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23966, 16 May 1941, Page 11
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155TOBACCO FOR SOLDIERS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23966, 16 May 1941, Page 11
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