MATCHES IN THE POST.
OFFENDERS TO BE PROSECUTED. (P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. “Notwithstanding my statement some time ago, in which emphasis was laid on tho danger of sending matches through the post, little improvement is noticeable,” said the Postmaster-Gen-eral (the Hon. P. C. Webb) to-day. “Becently further packages containing matches have been intercepted in tho post. The time has arrived,” said Mr Webb, “when action will 'have to be taken against offenders. Tho mails must be safeguarded, and in future prosecutions will he brought against persons who use the mails for the transmission/ of matches.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 41, 27 November 1942, Page 4
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