RED CROSS PARCELS FOR WAR PRISONERS
NEW ARRANGEMENT' FOR MEN IN ! TURKEY.,, London, May J. Tho Red Cross Committee 1,n6 arranged _to express parcels of fifteen pounds : weight onco a fortnight to prisoners in Turkey, expediting transit ncross Austria, wlioro in tho past delays have occurred. Recent ackuowledgaionts from Turkey indicate that tho parcels are arriving more satisfactorily, but extremely '. slowly. Tho socioty hopes that a thousand British prisoners will como from ; Turkey in connection with the new agrcoment to include Australians. Tbo ship which will t.vko tl.o exchanged : Turkish prisoners from Egypt to Asia Minor will carry a largo quantity of foodstuffs and clothing for distribution among tho British prisoners, and also , a parcel of clothing for each .ificcr. : In consequence of tho Dutch Government's representations, officer prisoners . will in future receive eighteen lira (about .010), and non-coms, end men ten . lira (about Ai) a mouth.-Aus.-N./i. • Cablo Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 195, 7 May 1918, Page 5
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149RED CROSS PARCELS FOR WAR PRISONERS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 195, 7 May 1918, Page 5
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