PRISONERS OF WAR

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 40, 19 January 1943, Page 5

PRISONERS OF WAR

FOOD parcels received

As many next-of-kin throughout New Zealand have naturally be.cn anxious regarding the normal supply of food, and other parcels 'jto prisoners of war on account of the recent North African campaign, the Prisoners of War Inquiry Office, reports that reassuring cables have been received. It is stated that reserve stocks at Geneva have enabled the International Red Cross to continue the dispatch of food parcels to camps throughout the period that the steamer services were interrupted. It is also stated that some Swedish and Spanish ships have continued their sailing since early November and that the Portuguese, ships were now recommencing. The British Red Cross also advises it could anticipate that the normal Red Cross steamer service, Lisbon to Marseilles, avouUl be resumed towards ith'e end, of December.

Another cable, .states that as there appears to be a tendency to tighten up restrictions on clothing in many camps in Germany and T'taly, next-of-kin are advised to send woollen clothing and comforts in service col« ours only as: otherwise these: garments may be confiscated by the camp authorities Advice has been received that Oilag G is a new camp which has been established recently for n.c.o.'s. It is at Lubben, on the River Spree, almost due north of Dresden.