POST OFFICE FACILITIES
Sir, —A few days ago I entered a Post Office and placed two parcels on the counter. They were weighed and two stamps placed on top. I said, “What happens now?” The clerk said, "Stick the stamps on, and leave them where they are.” I asked, “Where is the damp sponge” He then pushed it towards me. “You know,” I said, “I see notices sticking up all over the town, ‘Don’t spit? Spitting breeds germs!’ So I for one am not spitting on this emblem of loyalty.” I finished my job and was tempted to stick out my hand for dirt money, but being a woman I refrained. And now, are we to be helped methodically to obey the Health Department’s vulgarly worded notices or to be hampered by postal officials? —Yours; etc., EACH TO HIS APPOINTED TASK. December 13, 1948.
[The Chief Postmaster, Christchurch, replies to this letter: “Stamp dampers are supplied at the public desks opposite the postal counters. These are augmented to meet the increased demand at Christmas time.”]
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25679, 16 December 1948, Page 8
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