WAR PRISONERS
CLOTHES COUPONS NEXT WEEK.
[Per Press Association.} P A WELLINGTON, June 13. „ The next-of-kin of prisoners ot war are notified by the Inquiry Office that coupons for clothing foi the quarterly personal parcel will be available towards the end of next week They will be sent out on y wFth the special Red Cross labels, cannot 1 be obtained before the labels are due. Next-of-km at pi -* sent holding labels can, if they so jesire obtain coupons by personal or Fitteri application to their provincial office. Such I fi bels rn l lu?J v b offic-’ or .produced, to the and they will be returned to the re la Some comfort may be taken by those with relatives Eastern war zone by the fact tnat one relative In. Welllngor. has areadv received a message, states . office A resident of Shanghai approached the International Red Cross th Sendersof extracts f 1 on l le^ ers s A copy has to go to the keening track of it would dnvoL’e much work, apart from mutilations packing service was and er the k sl. ’ John' War more than 4,250,000 British food and tobacco parcels have gone forward, as well as more than 370,000 medical and invalid food parcels jEletwean Julv 1 last and February 15 or tan year the Prisoners of War Department has sent 247.t0ns of chocolate to British prisoners of war, packed in the standard food parcels, anT quarterlv parcels sent on behalf o. next-of-kin. Each of the latter contained a J- lb. slab.
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Grey River Argus, 15 June 1942, Page 1
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