Overseas Travel Still Severely Restricted

Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 111, 12 May 1945, Page 4

Overseas Travel Still Severely Restricted

(Par Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 11. The Director of Publicity released today tlie following announcement issued by the United Kingdom authorities regarding the provision of overseas travel facilities from the United Kingdom to other parts of the Commonwealth and foreign countries: “Owing to the heavy demand on shipping and aircraft for military and other purposes aud the loss of many ocean-going liners on war service, passenger accommodation to oversea* countries is still very severely limited. Existing priority arrangements for ocean and air travel must therefore, bo continued aud reservations can normally be made only when the appropriate Government Department is able 1o certify that the proposed journey is in furtherance of the war effort in the Far East or otherwise in the national interest. “Moreover, until control is thoroughly established in Germany it will still be necessary to maintain security precautions as regards overseas travel and •travel to Ireland, and there will for the present be no change in the exit permit regulations. These restrictions will be relaxed at the earliest possible moment, and a further announcement will be made when this becomes practicable. British subjects belonging to the Dominion as well as the United Kingdom who have been separated from their own country and families for a long period are naturally anxious to book their passages home as early as possible. Every effort w’ill be made to provide passages for such persons us soon as military and other priorities permit, but no resumption of overseas traffic can be expected until some considerable time after the end of hostilities with Japan.”