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AIR MAIL FOR MIDDLE EAST
The Empire air mail service is not at present available beyond the Netherlands East Indies, and in consequence letters should not be posted at the 9d rate for the armed forces in the Middle East.
"At present only two rates are appropriate for correspondence for the armed forces in the Middle East," said the Postmaster-General (Mr. Webb) last night. "The public can post for trans-Tasman air transit and sea dispatch beyond Autsralia at a charge of 5d for each half-ounce, or they can post for surfacb dispatch throughout at the usual rate (for armed forces correspondence) of 2d for the first ounce and ld for each additional half-ounce."
The Minister expressed the opinion that pending the restoration of the air service to the Middle East, surface dispatch throughout would probably be just as advantageous as part air and part surface transit.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1942, Page 8
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