The Australian Defence Minister (Mr Gk F. Pearce) announced at Melbourne on April 5 that the mails which left Melbourne for Europe on February 7, had been delayed, and to some extent damaged. The extent of the damage, he said, was not yet known. The Minister would give nofurthei information on the subject.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3293, 25 April 1917, Page 50
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