POSTAL CENSORSHIP

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 9 April 1945, Page 4

POSTAL CENSORSHIP

STATEMENT BY CONTROLLER Wellington, %his Day As the war progresses favourably to the United Nations the work of the postal censors iu New Zealand decreases. The change is in volume, and the Controller of Censorship, Mr. G. Mama mam. said on Saturday that there had been no general relaxation of censorship, though a statement published in Auckland implied that there had been. There would always 1* a certain amount of censorship while the country was at war. he said, hut as the position of the country and its allies improved there was a consequential decline iu the number of letters that offended. As one country after another was released from the enemy, the area of the world to which people were allowed to post letters increased. For instance, letters could be now mailed to France. Formerly a letter addressed to France would have been withdrawn from tbe mail. As other countries were reconqured there would be further similar changes. A decline iu the censorship had been caused also by the decreased temptation for New Zealanders to discuss prohibited subjects with their correspondents. It and forts, aerodromes and camps were being built near people's homes that they were inclined to tell about them. Now th re way less that should nor be told to tell. However, the subjects that people should nor write about were the same as previously and just as import-

The internal postal censorship had decreased also, the authorities now knowing the troublesome correspondents and being able to confine the work in<*re than earlier in the war.