PARCELS FOR RUSSIA

Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1932, Page 9

PARCELS FOR RUSSIA

WARNING TO SENDERS. DISCLOSURE OF CONTENTS. The deputy Australian PostmasterGeneral, Mr. Kitto, has intimated that the contents of postal, articles, such as parcels or packages, should be disclosed and indicated on the cover before postings Twice recently postal articles, had been prohibited from entering Russia, and had been returned to the- senders in Sydney, who had to pay the cost of return postage. The parcels contained certain foodstuffs. -In one instance a parcel was accepted at Sydney because the contents were not indicated; ■in the other case, the nature of the contents was disclosed at the time of posting, but the Postal Department was . unaware of a prohibition ban, as the list received from Russia of goods prohibited from entry to. that country was not complete. Unless the sender indicated on a parcel tfaat he desired it .to be abandoned in the event of. its being undeliverable in the country of. destination,.-the postal regulations-.provided that -he- must pay any charges which accrued in respect of ite return, otherwise he would be liable to a fina of £2, Mr. Kitto added. The Postal Department never accepts knowingly postage matter which is undeliverable. 1