800,000 LETTERS DESTROYED
Mails examined in the United IviiiK<lom. during to war "by tho postal censorship, it is estimated numbered GHO million packets. Approximately 1,300,000 packets were detained on tho ground that they -would have aided tho' enemy. lipgnrdiusr the disposal of detained packets it 'bus l)een decided that correspondence originating in or desired for the United Kingdom will lie dinlroyed, except where it contains articles and documents of value, which can now bo forwarded witli safetv. Private correspondence will be destroyed, as it. would be impossible without very grout expons" to rc-cxauiiiy it. Mails released or about to be released appioximately number 02,500 rcsistered and 500,000 pwkets. Tho preparation of packets for icleasc and their actual handing over to tho l'nst Ollico began on Juno 23 and will be completed by August 30. The special stiff number about 50 men and 150 women, apart from the office staff.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 29, 29 October 1919, Page 8
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149800,000 LETTERS DESTROYED Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 29, 29 October 1919, Page 8
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