U.S.A. PASSPORTS

Grey River Argus, 11 February 1941, Page 4

U.S.A. PASSPORTS

ALL TO BE REPLACED. I Par Press Association] WELLINGTON, February 10. The American Consul at Wellington has received telegraphic advice, from Washington, that the American passports now in use are to be replaced. This action has been taken, the Consul is informed, as a measure to meet special conditions now prevailing in the world. New green-coloured passports will be issued in New Zealand by ihe American Consulate-General in Wellington and the American Consulate in Auckland. At a date to be announced, probably in April, al! foreign Governments will b, e notifieu that the familiar red passports are no longer valid.