UNADDRESSED GIFT PARCELS

Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 89, 12 September 1941, Page 3

UNADDRESSED GIFT PARCELS

Appreciated By Men In The Middle East The appreciation of the men them selves at the receipt of the latest con signment of unaddressed gift parcels to reach the Middle East and, also of thy selection and packing of the contents in New Zealand is expressed in the troops’ own newspaper, the “N.Z.E.F Times,” of August 4. “Last week quarter-master sergeants in various sections of the Second N.Z.E.F.figuratively only—assumed long white beards and intense benignity of expression,” the paper states, “and set about the distribution of the latest consignment of patriotic parcels received from New Zealand. It was a big occasion for the quarter-blokes, as well as for the men, and it would have inspired the well-wishers at home «who packed those very welcome / parcels could they, have witnessed the keen anticipation with which their gifts were unpacked and the pleasure with which they were received. “Once again the contents of the parcels showed. a practical appreciation of Im needs of the men. Enclosed in many of them were notes asking that the, patriotic committees responsible for the gifts should be advised whether they were acceptable or not and what improvements could be effected in their selection. The excellent condition in which the great majority of the gifts arrived reflected the care with which packing had been carried out in New Zealand before dispatch.”