PERSONAL NEWS
RELATIVES IN ENEMY COUNTRIES
RED CROSS SERVICE
By arrangement with the Government the New Zealand Red Cross Society is providing ■ official inquiry forms by the use of which people in New Zealand may communicate with relatives in enemy and enemy-occu-pied countries. These forms are obtainable at all post offices, and anyone wishing to make an inquiry of a rela-; tive in enemy country should fill in the form and post it in the ordinary way to the International .Red Cross at Geneva, Switzerland. Full instructions appear on the form, which will be passed by the New Zealand Censor. The message and reply are not to exceed 25 words each, excluding! the address, and only personal or family news is permitted. Already advantage has been taken of this service and more than 300 replies have come back from people in Norway, Denmark, and other countries occupied by the Germans. Communications with prisoners of war cannot be made by this means but may be arranged by approaching the Red Cross Society in New Zealand. Through the British Red Cross and the International Red Cross New Zealand nationals, civil and military, in enemy countries are each receiving 161b of foodstuffs, a week,, and clothing at three-monthly intervals. The capitulation of France has increased the demands upon this service, for which the British Red Cross sent £9000 to the International Red Cross at Geneva* Besides this there are more than a million refugees in Portugal who are being clothed, fed, and housed by the International Red Cross. The International Red Cross receives every day about 18,000 inquiries for people in belligerent countries or in war zones and none is too small to receive the most meticulous care. A local example which occurred recently was that of an Italian who arrived in Wellington just before Italy entered the war and communication with that country was cut off. His wife in Naples was expecting a.baby, and through the Red Cross he was able to find out a few days ago that both his wife and his son were well.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 78, 28 September 1940, Page 13
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345PERSONAL NEWS Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 78, 28 September 1940, Page 13
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