BROOK'S LETTERS
CONFISCATED BY CUSTOMS
NOT ENTITLED TO CARRY MAIL
(Received April 3, 1 p.m.)
LONDON, April 2.
The Harrogate airman, H. L. Brook, who broke the Australia-England solo record, escorted by aeroplanes flown by members of Yorkshire clubs, arrived at Harrogate and was accorded a civic reception. He was unable to present the Mayor with letters from the Lord Mayors of Melbourne and Sydney and five Australian aero clubs, because he explained they had been "confiscated by the Customs, as I was not entitled to carry mails. It is a rotten bit of officialdom and red tape, and an insult to Australian aviation."
An official of the Post Office says that the letters were taken over under the established principles of law and usage and would be sent on the ordinary channels.
By special arrangement Renter's' world service, in addition to other special sources of information, is used in tho compilation. of the overseas Intelligence nubllshcd in this Issue, and all rights therein In Australia and New Zealand are reserved. . ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 79, 3 April 1935, Page 11
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171BROOK'S LETTERS Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 79, 3 April 1935, Page 11
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