AMENITIES FOR FORCES
' NATIONAL PATRIOTIC FUND PURCHASES t<P.A.) Wellington, March 15. Books to the value of 11000 are to be purchased from America out of the National Patriotic Fund and made available to all branches of the armed forces through the library service of the Army Education and Welfare Service. The list of amenities approved at a meeting of the National Patriotic Fund Board includes a sewing machine for each of two W.A.A.C. camps and other items included radio sets, writing benches, and table tennis tables. Grants of £lO each were made for officers’ and sergeants’ messes at these camps. A grant of £5O was approved for the purchase of extra amenities for W.R.N.S. hostels in Wellington, and also for a radio set, two electric jugs, and indoor games to the W.R.N.S. hostel at Auckland. Commander C. H. T. Palmer was appointed agent for the board in Auckland for the supply of consume able goods for naval personnel.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 62, 16 March 1943, Page 3
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