PRISONERS’ PARCELS
OFTEN DAMAGED ON WAY (P.A.) WELLINGTON, this day. There are now 6863 New Zealanders Officially notified , as prisoners of war and four unofficial. • ■■ .• The inquiry office states that shorts will be allowed to bo .sent,in personal parcels, and also that service badges and medal ribbons may be sent in quarterly parcels. An official explanation from the British Red (Cross states in connection with parcels sometimes arriving at camps with articles .missing that the parcels are often damaged owing to sea, water and other accidents and are repacked at Lisbon. The,post Office has arranged for a slip to be put in at Lisbon by the Portuguese authorities stating that articles have been taken out. ■ '
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20918, 19 October 1942, Page 5
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115PRISONERS’ PARCELS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20918, 19 October 1942, Page 5
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