CHRISTMAS MAIL.
THE WORK OF SORTING. A VERY HEAVY JOB. Of all those on whom Christmas cast an extra burden of -work, there were none more heavily laden that the officials of the Post and Telegraph Department. There was a tremendous mail and the sorters worked right through, the last being sorted just before midnight on Wednesday. A large English, American and Australian mail arrived by the Niagara on Monday, and this coming on top of other large mails, made the job of handling a very heavy one "right up to the time of knock ofl." And while the inside staff was thus busy, the postmen were also getting thTOuph a tiring experience. Laden like veritable beasts of burden, gome of them did not get through until after eight o'clock; on Christmas Eve. The number ot mail bags and parcel receptacles received and dispatched at the Chief Post Office for the five days up to Christmas Eve totalled 14,121, of which 7789 were dispatched and 6332 received. Stamps to the value of £4757 were sold over the counter, which was over £400 better than last year's sales. The number of telegrams dispatched and received was a record.
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 306, 26 December 1924, Page 4
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197CHRISTMAS MAIL. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 306, 26 December 1924, Page 4
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