LETTERS TO THE FRONT
RETURNED TO SENDERS. “I hav© had returned to me a letter sent to my son at the front,” said Mr W. T. Jennings, M.P. for Tauntarunui. in tho House of Representatives yesterday, “and three other parent® have complained to mo_ that letters sent to their lads have similarly been returned to them.” Ho understood that the New Zealand Rost Office, in London, was responsible for delivering the letters to the men in tha Expeditionary Force; and he, therefore, asked tho Postmaster-Gen eral to ‘‘give them a little bit of a stirring up.” The returned letter was addressed “Father Lieutenant A. 3. Jennings, N.Z.,” though the contents clearly showed how it should have been addressed to him. Sir Joseph Ward said that if the Ron. member would let him have the particulars with regard to tho letters in question, ho would have the matter inquired into; and, if necessary, he would cable to the people in London to see that tho matter received attention.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9736, 11 August 1917, Page 8
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