APPEAL FOR BINOCULARS
RESPONSE IN WELLINGTON (P.A.I WELLINGTON. Jan. 27. Nearly 100 pairs of binoculars have been handed in to the Chief Post Office in Wellington for use by the armed forces since the national appeal' was made at the race meeting at Trentham on Saturday. Their owners started to take them to the post office immediately it opened on Monday morning, and 37 pairs were handed in that day, Included among the instruments were four telescopes, one of which stands four feet high, and a number of opera classes. One man handed in two telescopes and a pair of binoculars. German binoculars captured in the Great War and brought back to New Zealand figure in the collection, four pairs having been received. Most of the binoculars have been offered, on loan, but some are straight-out gifts. Two pairs of binoculars have been re* ceived at the Te Aro Post Office.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24826, 28 January 1942, Page 4
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