A NOVEL MAIL BAG.
Thomas Loveday, a hay presser in the Woolwich Dockyard, tearing how often papers mailed in the ordinary way failed to get to the men at the front, hit upon a novel method of sending light literature to the fighters. He stuck a paper, or magazine, into every bundle of hay that passed through his hands, and got some of
the other pressers to follow suit. The plan has answered very well for Loveday, who put his name and address on each' literary item mailed — I mean, "baled"—has received grateful acknowledgments from, several recipients. One of them remarks: "I don't know you from Adam, but if I get back again I shall look you up, and stand drinks, for you're evidently a good sort. The paper came as a great surprise and a very welcome one, too."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 180, 31 July 1900, Page 5
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140A NOVEL MAIL BAG. Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 180, 31 July 1900, Page 5
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