PARCELS FOR BRITAIN
POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S EXPLANATION. ( WELLINGTON, Dec. 13. "Some doubt still appears to exist regarding the forwarding of food parcels to civilians in the United Kingdom, l ” said the Postmaster-Gen-eral (Mr. P. C. Webb), at Wellington. “The position !is that bona' fide unsolicited gifts of foodstuffs, except tea, may; be sent subect to three conditions: (a) That the parcels do not exceed a gross weight of 51b each; (b) that the weight of an v one foodstuff contained in the parcel does not exceed 21b; and (c) that parcels are not sent more frequently than once a month.” As regards rationed commodities, Mr. Webb stated that tea was the only foodstuff which so far had been notified to the Post Office as being prohibited from export by parcel post. Butter and sugar are still allowed to be sent to civilians in the United Kingdom, subject to a weight restriction of 21b of each commodity' in any one parcel. *
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Grey River Argus, 14 December 1943, Page 2
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