GIFTS FOR SOLDIERS
SUPPLIES OF BUTTER. (Fbom Oub Own Correspondent.) AUCKLAND, July 21. About two tons of butter have been donated bv 16 dairy companies in the Auckland province for presentation to units of the New Zealand Forces, for whom regular supplies of fresh butter are not available. This quantity represents the response tt> an appeal by "the Mayor some weeks ago, as the result of a suggestion by Captain G., R Hutchinson that .1 supply of butter would bo extremely welcome. Since the letter was written the Main Body of New Zealand Forces has been moved to France, but a section of the force is operating in a region where the gift will b„> appreciated. One of the difficulties in the matter is that of securing the shipment of the butter to its destination, but Mr Gimson has written to the Minister of Defence inquiring whether cool space can be obtained.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16753, 22 July 1916, Page 10
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