AIRGRAPH SERVICE
POPULAR IN BRITAIN MAIL FOR MIDDLE EAST (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 2 p.m. RUGBY, Aug. 15. Last night the first batch of airgraph letters were photographed ready for preparation for the dispatch to the Middle East. The Queen’s letter to the Com-mander-in-Chief, General Sir Claude Auckinleck, was the first to be put through the special photographing machine. This was followed by two letters from the Postmaster-General—-one to Captain Oliver Lyttelton, Minister of State in the Middle East, and the second to Ahmed Khafhaba Pasha, Egyptian Minister of Communications. The next airgraph came from the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. V. Alexander, who sent greetings to the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet. Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham. Many airgraph letters were received from all parts of London and the home countries. Reports from the provinces show the popularity of the service throughout the country. Large postings are reported from all provincial centres. The airgraphs are being sorted into service units before photographing to save sorting time at the base in the Middle East.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20636, 16 August 1941, Page 6
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180AIRGRAPH SERVICE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20636, 16 August 1941, Page 6
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