§ 79. Mr. Dribergasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that men serving in 24 Company, R.A.S.C. (Div. 319W Tpt.), S.E.A.C., have found inside tins of ration cigarettes, for which they have been charged $1.50, printed slips indicating that the cigarettes are a gift from readers of the" Daily Sketch "newspaper; and if he will make a statement on this matter.
§ Mr. LawsonI understand that the outside wrapping of a tin of gift cigarettesfrom "Daily Sketch" readers is the same as that of cigarettes normally on sale in N.A.A.F.I. In the canteen of the unit referred to these cigarettes were on one occasion sold by mistake. My information is that the mistake was discovered almost immediately and rectified the same day