LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS NOW PRISONERS
RETURN THROUGH DEADLETTER OFFICE S THE REASON EXPLAINED _ (P.A.) Parliament Bldgs.. Oct. 7. *• A number of letters which have w been sent to members of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force who are now prisoners of war as a IL result of the campaigns in Greece and Crete are being returned to the senders through the dead-letter office. e and Mr. F. \V. Doidge (Opp.. Tau- ■° ranga) in an urgent question to th«* ‘d Postmaster-General. Hon. P. C. Webb, y in lhe House of Representatives today. asked whether these letters could It not be sent to Geneva for delivery to i- the prisoners instead of being sea turned to this country. )r Replying on behalf of the Posts. master-General, Mr. Fraser explained ly that the letters for prisoners of war i- were subject to certain restrictions, io and very few of the letters which had as been returned complied with these ree- quirements.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 237, 8 October 1941, Page 6
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