NEW ZEALAND CLUB
THE CAIRO INSTITUTION NOW SELF-SUPPORTING (y.Z.E.F. Official News Service) (Rec. 9 p.m.) CAIRO, July 8. The New Zealand Club in Cairo, which was originally financed by the National Patriotic Fund Board, is now self-support-ing, all the money provided by the board having been repaid. For the past six months the receipts from the sale of goods amounted to £310,976, the profits aveiaging £3724 a month. A reserve has been set asidevfor the restoration of the building to its original condition when it ceases to be used as a 'club. The policy of the club is to show a profit on tobacco, cigarettes, beer, and merchandise, and a loss on the meals in the men’s dining room, where 1000 meals are served each day at the lowest prices in Cairo. During the past few weeks the restaurant takings have been £5500, representing 80.000 meals. Other purchases include cigarettes and merchandise, £8000; lounge buffets, £4500; silk stockings, £6500; and hot water bottles, £ISOO.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25276, 13 July 1943, Page 5
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164NEW ZEALAND CLUB Otago Daily Times, Issue 25276, 13 July 1943, Page 5
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