NOT SO BAD.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 253, 7 August 1941, Page 6

NOT SO BAD.

•WAR PRISONS IN GERMANY. ASHBURTON AIRMAN’S LETTER. “I am fit and well and conditions are not had at all. So far time has passed quite quickly and for the most part interestingly. 1 have been engaged on pick and shovel work which afforded much-needed exercise and also fills in time. We have choirs and concert parties, too, which occupy the time pleasantly.” This is an Extract from a letter written, from a prison camp in Germany by Aircraftman D. J. Murray, son oil Mr G. \V. Murray, ox Ashburton, to a friend. Aircraftman Murray was taken prisoner after the sinking of the Rangitane last November. The letter was written on June 2 and arrived in New' Zealand eight Weeks later. “The advent of summer is a blessing now, as the cold will be hard this winter. I hope it is all over by then. We have had some parcels of foodstuff and cigarettes tnrougfr the Red Cross, which have been most welcome. “We are fitted out in khaki battledross, which is warm and comfortable after, the scanty clothing we had at sea. I wished then that A had had time to save the knitted wear that you people gave me. All I have is a, pair of gloves.” , _ . Aircraftman Murray concludes by saying • that he would _ give much to bo back at work in New Zealand.