MAIL WASHED UP
FOUND ON PACIFIC ISLAND
PREVIOUSLY OPENED BY RAIDER
Sydney, Feb. 19
Bags of Australian mail which had been opened and examined for information, have been washed up on an island in the Pacific Ocean. This was revealed by the army spokesman, who said the mails were from one of the ships sunk when an enemy raider was operating recently in the Pacific.
Every letter recovered had been opened. The spokesman said it was obvious the mails were searched by intelligence officers on the raider who were seeking information about Australian shipping or military movements.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13269, 20 February 1941, Page 5
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97MAIL WASHED UP Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13269, 20 February 1941, Page 5
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