"NOT SUPPOSED TO MENTION IT, BUT ..." FTow many people cannot resist the temptation to pass on "something they heard." War gossip, like a chain letter, multiplies in everincreasing circles at a rapid rate until it reaches enemy hands. Tt is not sufficiently realised that the enemy is organised to take advantage of such idle gossip, having an organisation to scientifically collect and classify information from which is sifted what the enemy wants to know Re discreet . • avoid rarelpss talk and careless writing. Avoid reference to the location, movements or destination of any branch of the armed services Firmly refuse to discuss ships and shipping movements Think, of the tragic toil of brave men and ships we need for victory. Inserted to assist the war effort by the proprietors of Baxters Lung Preserver, Baxters, Ltd., 602 Colombo Street.. Christchurcb.— Advt.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24675, 30 August 1943, Page 5
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