APPLES FOR TROOPS
TWO PROBLEMS OF SUPPLY "I liad not tasted an apple for more tlmn 10 months when I bought these," wrote a New Zealand soldier in the Middle Kast describing the first apples lie had been able to secure since leaving the Dominion. "They were like Heaven to i'eel and eat, but the price is wicked. The New Zealand Club is selling them to the troops at two for one piastre, the equivalent of ]Ad each. 'J hey arrive hero at 10s a ease. There should be a little latitude extended to us as far as such things are concerned." The manager of the Internal Marketing Division, Mr. A. U. Ifoueyfield, stated yesterday that fresh apples could not be sent to Egypt because of the lack of refrigerated cargo space. Otherwise the opportunity to get rid of some of the country's surplus would quickly have been taken. ICvon if space were available, storage in Egypt offered an almost insuperable obstacle. However, apples were being canned in Nelson in Alb. tins, in an effort to supply the forces. To conserve space -the fruit was being packed solid without the juice. A few cases of fresh apples had been sent experimentally.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23996, 20 June 1941, Page 9
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