INCREASED MAIL TRAFFIC

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28371, 2 September 1957, Page 4

INCREASED MAIL TRAFFIC

Too Many Postings For Transport A quarter of the mail handled in the country last year wa§ posted in the Auckland district, according to the annual report of the Post and Telegraph Department. / Wellington was next with 18 per cent., followed by Chris* church, Hamilton, Dunedin and Palmerston North in that order. More than 412 million articles were posted in New Zealand during the year, an increase oi four million on the previn year. Letter postings increas® from 187 million to nearly The increasing volumeWf traffic is placing a strain not; only on accommodation and organisation but on mail-carry,tig transport services. Measures to overcome the problems /will need careful planning. Asa flrst step, further studies have been made of a proposal to establish new postal distribution centres at Auckland, Wellington and, later, Christchurch. // The total weght of air-mail postings from / overseas was 572,5021 b whihthe outward weight totallec 296,9971 b. Inland ail? mail . postings weighed 558.923 b, against 516.9141 b for the prevkJS year. Air-mail parcels decreased, the total being 161,599, compared with 167,486 parcels for thl preceding year.