NO TOBACCO
PARCELS FOR TROOPS HIGH RATES OF DUTY (By Telegraph.— Press Association) WELLINGTON, Friday A request to the public not to include cigarettes or tobacco in any form in parcels sent to members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt was made this evening by the Post-master-General and Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones.
The Minister said he regretted the need for placing any restriction on the contents of parcels for our soldiers, but the restriction was necessary in the interests of the soldiers themselves, who, according to advice just received from Major-General Freyberg in Egypt, were required to pay high rates of duty on cigarettes and tobacco, even when included in post parcels.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21052, 2 March 1940, Page 6
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117NO TOBACCO Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21052, 2 March 1940, Page 6
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