ILLEGAL FOOD PARCELS
(N.Z.P.A.—
■Reuter,
Alarming Number Arriving In Britain
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Received Tuesday, 9. 85 . a.m. LONDON, Dec. 8. Customs squads at British postal depots were strengthened by the largest number of •officials ever assigned to a single operation when it was found that "illegal" food pareels were arriving from Australia and New Zealand at an "alarming rate," says Reuter. People in Britain had ordered pareels from Dominion firms and paid for them in sterling placed to the firms' credit in English banking accounts. The pareels will never be delivered. A Board of Trade spokesman said it was illegal to send an order to an overseas firm. About 70,000 unsolicited food pareels, which were admitted without question, are being sorted daily at the larger postal depots. A further 8000 pareels daily are being made up at "express food gift centres." Some Dominion officials are puzzled at the "strange pride" of some elderly people who are refusing gifts of food and clothing, saying that they could not take charity.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 December 1947, Page 5
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