AIRGRAPH LETTER SERVICE

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23848, 18 January 1943, Page 6

AIRGRAPH LETTER SERVICE

INTRODUCTION IN NEW ZEALAND

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, January 16. The introduction of the airgraph service in the outward direction from New Zealand as from next Monday has been announced by the. PostmasterGeneral (the Hon. P. C. Webb), At the outset, the service will apply only to messages addressed to members of the forces (including members of the mercantile marine) in Canada and Britain, for which destinations the service should offer an appreciably accelerated means of communication. The charge for each message will be sd.

Mr Webb stated that airgraph forms were now available at all post offices, and he urged senders to study carefully the instructions on the back of the forms before writing their messages. He stated that it was important that the addresses should be written as large as possible in ink of clear block letters.

Inquiries were now being made to ascertain whether the airgraph service to the Middle East would offer any advantage in transmission time over letters sent by ordinary surface means, said Mr Webb. If it was found that there was likely to be an advantage in transmission time, the service would be extended to the Middle East at an early date.