BEER FOR TROOPS IN EGYPT
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Record Consignment Made New Zealand troops in the Middle East will shortly receive an antidote for the burning heat of Egypt. The fact is that the largest individual consignment of beer ever shipped from this country has recently been executed by a brewery company. An order for 22,000 dozen quartsrepresenting 44,000 gallonsof ale was filled and dispatched for New Zealand troops serving overseas. The magnitude of such an order may be better realized from the fact, that to. send the order from Auckland to Wellington by rail required an entire goods’ train consisting of 80 trucks. The ale, which was packed in cartons and boxes, amounted to a total weight of 440 tons. The brewing of the 22,000 dozen quarts required over 2000 bushels of malt and 11001 b. of hops. This record shipment was bottled, packed and dispatched within 48 hours. . Statisticians Busy. Meanwhile statisticians have been working out all the odds and ends attendant on such an item of news. Some said that if all the empty bottles — after the boys have finished with them — were placed end to end they would reach from Cairo to Bardia. Some even went so far as to guess that they would stretch a mile behind the Ital ian lines and clank against the Chianti One man became reminiscent about the metal bottle tops. He calculated that, if dropped in one solid mass, they would sink an Italian battleship’ or. at least, give it a nasty tilt. He added that if the tops were spread out and welded together they would provide armour-plate for the most modern battleship. Another fellow simply gave it up. He said he couldn’t imagine 22,000 dozen quarts . . . and as for--44.000 gallons! There just couldn’-t be so much in the world, he . added wistfully, confessing that he had never seen anything bigger than a hogshead in his life. Anyway, calculations oi no caicula lions, the soldiers are going to have a happy time. Think of 704,000 “half handles.” It sounds-better that way.
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Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 60, 14 February 1941, Page 7
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340BEER FOR TROOPS IN EGYPT Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 60, 14 February 1941, Page 7
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