LOSS OF MAILS
The loss of the following air lettercard mails was announced last evening by the Postmaster-General (Mr. Webb):—
From the New Zealand Forces in the Middle East: Portion of mails dispatched from Egypt on January 13 and 16, and consisting of approximately 18.000 letter-cards.
From Southern Rhodesia: Mails dispatched between January 4 and 19. From India: A small mail dispatched on January 27.
The Minister said that a number of airgraph mails dispatched from the United Kingdom,- the -Middle East, countries in Africa and India and Ceylon, and containing- messages handed in during approximately the same periods had also been lost. These airgraph mails were, however, being "repeated" by the countries of origin, and the films were expected to arrive in New Zealand shortly.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 43, 20 February 1945, Page 3
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