FOOD FOR BRITAIN

Grey River Argus, 13 August 1946, Page 8

FOOD FOR BRITAIN

CONFISCATION OF PARCELS AUCKLAND, Aug,. 12. A message from Britain stating that private gift parcels in excess' of one a month sent to any person from New Zealand are confiscated by the Board of Trade without notification to the recipients or senders has been referred to the Postmaster T General (Mr Webb), by the Mayor of Auckland, Mr J. A. C. Allum, who said in his telegram that he would appreciate any information which could be communicated to the public. , Mr Allum said in an interview that complaints of parcels .having been confiscated by the Board of Trade came as' a great shock to him. It would be hard to imagine a more despicable act than the confiscation of gifts prepared in New Zealand by loving hands, and often at. a. great sacrifice to the senders. . . “To say the rule of one parcel a month is designed to prevent some people from receiving preference is arrant humbug,” said Mr.Allum. /‘All we can do here is to express our indignation and see that we get the maximum number of gift garcels to our loved ones in the • homeland.” However, the matter • was . one between the people of the. United Kingdom and their Government, Mr Allum declared.