Dust Troublesome.

Franklin Times, Volume XXX, Issue 10, 27 January 1941, Page 4

Dust Troublesome.

New Zealanders in Egypt, and even in camps in New Zealand, have found dust troublesome. Motor accessory houses have had a steady inquiry for motor cycle goggles, many of the purchasers mentioning that they are for soldiers. At Waiouru camp clouds of pumice dust appear to have been particularly troublesome. Mark of the Swastika. The adventures of a letter which has just been received by a resident of Richmond, Christchurch, give plenty of room for conjecture.. It was posted in Vancouver on September 14 of last year, but it bears the unmistakable stamp-mark of the Nazi censor. “The Press” reports that the letter is similar to one received in Christchurch a few days ago from Professor Jesse Beery, of Pleasantville, Ohio, a publisher of racing literature. That letter was posted in Pleasantville on September 11, but in the meantime it appears to have been in official German hands, because it has been opened and sealed down again with a slip of gummed paper on which is printed a Nazi insignia, the eagle above a swastika, within a wreath, and the word “gep'ruft” (passed). Round the emblem are the words “oberlcommando der dehrmacht” (headquarters of the forces). In addition there is a red rubber stamp, with the same Nazi emblem. The letter was posted in the ordinary way with a flve-cent United States stamp.