HOW TO SEND A PARCEL.
Many parents and others are anxious to know how best to send a parcel for a soldier who is about to leave on a transport. Here are uhe official directions: —Put lais number, name, company, and Reinforcement on the parcel, and also state who sends the package. After all this addressing and labelling, wrap it in another covering, and address it to " Captain F. A. Bilton, Transport Shipping Office, Wellington," and either rail it or post it. There is no limit to size or weight of parcels for men 'about to leave NewZealand, although most folk send a butter-box or kerosene case. Parcels for men about to leave must reach X Shed the day before the troops embark, and if in doubt about when they are likely to go aboard, send the parcel as soon as passible. Every parcel for men leaving is carefully manifested and placed on board the ship conveying its owner from these shores. A copy of the manifest is always kept, and, providing the parcel has reached X Shed in good time, any inquiry re delivery to the transport can be answered. Also mark it, "For use on the voyage."
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17076, 1 September 1917, Page 4
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