ISLAND MAILS

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24028, 17 August 1943, Page 6

ISLAND MAILS

Sir, —My son left New Zealand in June for military service outside New Zealand, his address being A.P.O. 376. Every week since his departure I have forwarded a parcel of daily papers and three parcels of tobacco, etc. In a letter dated August 1, it is mentioned that neither papers nor parcels have arrived. Letters and parcels posted in Auckland for A.P.O. 376 reach there without any delay. For example, a letter written on July 25 is delivered in Auckland and a reply received at A.P.O. 376 on July 31. No Christchurch letters are received in less than 10 days and papers and parcels have taken seven weeks and so far not reached their destination. An explanation appears) to be due to the relatives of the men at A.P.O. 376. The boat which takes Auckland mail could easily take (he South Island mail, unless, of course, there is special treatment in favour of Aucklanders.—Yours, etc., A PARENT. August 10, 1943. tit was stated at the Chief Post Office that all mail matter is forwarded by first available dispatch. Preferential treatment is not accorded to the North Island. Second-class matter may. of course, be subjected to some delay through lack of shipping space. -If the writer will submit details to the Post Office his complaint will be gladly investigated.]