First Echelon Men
Plan to Send Parcels The National Patriotic Fund Board plans, with the co-operation of the provincial councils, to have forwarded in troop ships taking the second echelon a parcel for each member of the first echelon, irrespective of his place of enlistment or the fact that he may have received parcels from relatives and others. The Auckland Provincial Council is being asked to provide 2345 pare Canterbury 1015, East Coast 157, Hawke’s Bay 350, Nelson 192, Marlborough 88, Otago 665, Southland 319, Taranaki 322, Wellington 1417, Westland 129. Opportunity s also to be presented to knitters as a result of action by the board. The Army, Navy and Air Force require 14,000 balaclavas, which the provincial councils are being asked to have knitted according to quota on a population basis. The board has purchased a fair quantity of wool, which is being supplied to patriotic councils direct from the mill. The balaclavas must be knitted to pattern as forwarded to the councils.
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Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 14, 15 March 1940, Page 3
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