NO TALKING TO GIRLS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23615, 27 March 1940, Page 12

NO TALKING TO GIRLS

BRITISH PRISONERS LETTERS FROM GERMANY ALLOWED TO GO TO WORK [ntoM ori! own cohukspondknt] LONDON, March 2 ' British prisoners of war in Germany are to be allowed to go out to work, but. they have been warned not to fraternise with the local young women, according to a letter received in England this week from Lieut.-Commander B. J. Dyer, one of the survivors of the Rawalpindi. He writes: "Generally speaking, we can complain only of tho weather and the lack of news —quite understandable. "Arrangements are being made for the men to go out to work, very much looked forward to, .so they might want some working clothes later. However, tlie.v mustn't be made too fascinating, as the penalties for going with the local ladies are going to be very severe, the man paying. The parcels are arriving regularly and mails almost daily, and the cam)) is comfortable." Another prisoner. Wing-Commander Fl. M. A. Day, writes that most prisoners are studying German and quite a number French. He asks for an English dictionary and an English grammar for teaching English to the French prisoners. His camp has a good sick nay, with a medical orderly permanently on duty. English cigarettes are allowed, and it is understood that the German Red Cross are to supply each prisoner with 42 cigarettes a week. Other prisoners write that tJie.V were well provided for at Christinas. One of them wrote: "The general presented us with a Christmas tree and a couple of bottles of rum. 'and. what with a bumper parcel from the Red Cross, we celebrated accordingly."