"LONELY SOLDIERS."
NO MORE LETTERS. Melbourne, January ■(. The Minister for Defence, Senator Pearee, stated to-day that as a result of insertion in thu Australian .Press of advertisements of "lonely soldiers" inviting correspondence from residents in Australia, several bags of letters, papers, and parcels were received by members of the Australian Impei'.al Force, two advertisements alone resulting in the arrival of some 10,000 letters for two men. The Minister further stated that the practice of inserting advertisements in the Press inviting tho correspondence of strangers is strictly forbidden by the Censorship Regulations, and is an abuse of the facilities granted. It also causes cor gestion in tho Post Office to the detriment and delay of ordinary correspondence, to say nothing of additional work thrown on the Base Censors. In future advertisements in the Press by "lonely soldiers" will be prohibited, and correspondence under the same class stopped.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 95, 15 January 1918, Page 6
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146"LONELY SOLDIERS." Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 95, 15 January 1918, Page 6
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