OVERSMS TRAVEL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 12 May 1945, Page 5

OVERSMS TRAVEL

FACILITIES STILL RESTRICTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM BRITAIN Wellington, This Day. The Director of Publicity released today the following announcement issued by the United Kingdom authorities regarding provision of overseas travel facilities from the United Kingdom to other parts of the Commonwealth and foreign countries: — ‘‘Owing to heavy demand on shipping and aircraft for military and other purposes and the loss of many oceangoing liners on war service, passenger acommodation to overseas countries is still very severely limited. The existing priority arrangements for ocean and air travel must therefore be continued and reservations can normally be made only when the appropriate Government department is able to 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 necessaiy to maintain security precautions as regards overseas travel and travel to Ireland, and there will for the present be no change in 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 their families for a long period are naturally anxious to book their passages home as early as possible. Every effort will be made to provide passages for such persons as 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.