LOST AT SEA

Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22133, 29 November 1941, Page 7

LOST AT SEA

UNITED KINGDOM MAILS Advice has been received from the British Post Office of the loss through enemy action of further malls en route to New Zealand from Great Britain. The malls now lost include parcels posted in London between August 15 and 18 and in the provinces between August 14 and 18. In addition, an air mail routed surface to Cape Town and thence by the Empire air service to New Zealand containing correspondence posted in London and provinces on July 25 has also been lost. A revised list of the mails lost by enemy action during the current year is attached. Inward:—Postings: Letters and other articles: March 4-6, 1941 (air via Cape Town); March 13-15, 1941 (surface Atlantic and Air Pacific); March 13-14, 1941, April 30-May 1, 1941 (surface Atlantic-Air Pacific); May 10-12, 1941 (surface Atlantic-Air Pacific); May 16-22, 1941 (registered correspondence, province.-, only); June 10-13, 1941 (surface Atlantic—Air Pacific); July 25, 1941 (air via Cape Town).

Parcels: December 24, 1940-January 9, 1941 (via Australia); February 2526. 1941 (via Australia—South of England only); August 15-18, 1941 (London); August 14-18, 1941 (Provinces). Outward: —Lette. , one mail, January 8-13, 1941 (Auckland, Hamilton, Thames); January 9-11, 1941 (remainder of North Island); January 8-10, 1941 (South Island); March 6-8, 1941 (South Island). Other articles: March 6-8, 1941 (South Island). Parcels: March 5-7, 1941 (South Island).