CENSORSHIP OF MAILS
Sir,—ls no Goveriftnent official capable of giving a straight answer to a straight question? I refer to. two inquiries over the name of “Grass Widow,” recently in your columns, which received evasive answers from the heads of the post office and the censorship. This woman, obviously the wife of a soldier or sailor serving overseas, who, also obviously, lives in some small town or village, suspects that her letters are being read by the local post office officials, acting as censors—which she dislikes. The question is: is this so or not? Quite a straightforward. simple question.—Yours, etc., , ~,G/L . September 18. 1941. ' [Replying to this letter, the Controller of Censorship (Mr G. McNamara) said: “I have to advise that the work of censorship is carried out only in the chief centres. There are no censors in small towns or villages in New Zealand.”]
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23444, 26 September 1941, Page 10
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