PARCELS FOR WAR PRISONERS
Red Gross Now Only Agent (P.A.) WELLINGTON, May 7. The practice adopted by Thos. Cook and Son of dispatching parcels tip prisoners of war in enemy and enemy-occupied countries has been stopped, according to advice received by Thos. Cook and Son, Wellington, from their London office. The communication stated that all further inquiries regarding the sending of parcels should be addressed to the British Red Cross Society, care of the Lord Chamberlain’s office, St. James’s Palace, London, S.W. 1. A representative of Thos. Cook and Son s Wellington office said to-day that it was presumed that inquiries in New Zealand should be addressed to the New Zealand Red Cross Society, Wellington. The information had been handed on to the postal authorities, with the request that post offices in the Dominion be advised of the position.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23323, 8 May 1941, Page 8
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