vy Christmas Mails In Tauranga Tax Post Office Workers' Resources

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 14859, 22 December 1948, Page 3

vy Christmas Mails In Tauranga Tax Post Office Workers' Resources

. STAFF AND LONG HOURS TO COPE WITH ‘SEASONAL INCREASE

, members of the public could glimpse behind the at any Post Office in the Dominion, they would £jeS 'ate tb e enormous task which faces all branches of at this time of the year. : Its magnitude was brought home to a Bay of Plenty representative who visited the Tauranga Post Office eS shown the dial of the cancellation machine—3B,ooo ' V posted in the Tauranga district between Friday iterS /and Monday noon. .To this figure must be added the of packets and other odd-sised mail which have to Japed by hand.

nc j girl are engaged full KL n e and cancelling mail • nnsted in the post-office boy’s job is solely street boxes. £ additional hands have been L in the mail room to cope f fl flno d of mail and postmen Cg from 7 a - m> t 0 10 p ' m ' C in some districts are f later than usual as many J journeys have to be

spread over a greater period. Time is drawing sport and people have been urged to post letters for Christmas delivery as early as possible. The number of telegrams being despatched is ■ steadily increasing and the bulk of the work in the telegraphic department is still to be done. Two retired officers have returned to assist during the rush period and three extra boys are engaged on deliveries. By 11 o’clock on a recent morning, almost 200 telegrams had been despatched over the line to Auckland. They are retransmitted • to other parts of the Dominion from the central office and as the number increases, there is likely to be a short delay. Withdrawals from the savings bank have shown a marked increase but deposits remain steady.

’ response to the appeal to i 1 rural districts to stamp !i ‘L good and the sales of S 'increased five-fold the folPL Rural mail contractors Vnut fully laden and they s in g under conditions simIE of the staff. The post!i!rA Crawford, commented i were having a rough time Z grateful for the co-oper- # y were receiving from

There has been a last-minute rush to register trailers and motor registrations have risen. Payments of pensions are above normal.

Lh heavier than last year ns have been earlier and