PATRIOTIC GOODS
Total Value Is £66,505 For Two Months (P.A.) WELLINGTON, December 16. In the two months ended November 30 patriotic goods sent overseas by the National Patriotic Fund Board comprised 15,748 cases of a total value of £66,505. The goods, which went to Britain, the Middle East, India, Fiji, the Royal New Zealand Air Force No. 1 Island Group, to other points in the Pacific and the New Zealand hospital ship comprised woollen comforts, sports gear, sheepskin jackets, gift parcels, fruit, cigarettes, tobacco, musical instrument, radios, confectionery and cinema equipment. Payments made by the board in the two months on behalf of New Zealand servicemen aggregated £271,897, including £68,517 for troops overseas, £8125 for the expending agents and £44,480 for the sick and wounded and prisoners of war.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19441218.2.63
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 25549, 18 December 1944, Page 6
Word Count
129PATRIOTIC GOODS Southland Times, Issue 25549, 18 December 1944, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in