KINDNESS TO POSTMEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 263, 7 November 1939, Page 6

KINDNESS TO POSTMEN.

There was one thing which spoilt my pleasure in last years Christmas mail, and that was the sight of the poor postman staggering with a heavy load through the intense heat of summer in garments which look as if they might have been designed for a jrolar expedition. Xow we are tokl that he is no longer to lie supplied with uniforms. Here, we hope. is an opportunity for putting an end to this cruelty. If the • |iostnien aie to clothe themselves this summer could they not e.\|K?riment with various kinds of garments ainl try to come to some conclusion as to what kind of uniform is best suited to thi-} rather trying climate and their very trying job? They could then meet in a few months' time and exchange views with each other on this matter and forward some suggestions to the authorities, so that when uniforms are again issued these will conform with what is now a generally accepted standard of health and comfort. We like our English Christmas pudding, and we like plenty of snow and holly and robin redbreasts on our cards, but is not the Post Office being over-kind to our sense of drama when it dresses up its postmen in winter clothes to bring us our presents ? SHORTS.