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Friday, June 1, 1973
MAIL DAMAGED OR DELAYED IN TRANSIT
A quantity of Hong Kong surface mail posted earlier this year may
have been delayed in transit or damaged as a result of an accident affecting
the ship carrying the mail.
The Post Office said today the letters and parcels were on board
the Ben Line vessel "Bencruachan" which was reported to have suffered severe
damage from a giant freak wave off the coast of South Africa early in Hay.
The mail was posted from about April 4 to 12 and was destined
mainly for the United Kingdom, the Irish Republic, Portugal, Poland, Finland
and the West Indies,
A Post Office spokesman explained that it would be some time
yet before he would be able to answer enquiries about individual cases.
However, the Controller of Posts, Overseas Services, at the G.P.O.
Building (telephone 5-254196) will be pleased to help in so far as he can
at this stage, he said.
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