Delayed Mail
Sir, —On Wednesday I received a reply to an inquiry I had made in Manila, Philippines, last September. Their letter, which was dated October 7, 1961, came surface mail, and the foolscap envelope in which it was contained was received in a very battered condition. I would be interested to know why this mail took five months to reach me. With this very long delay in delivery it could have had serious effects.—Yours, etc., SPEED UP DELIVERIES. March 22, 1962. [The Chief Postmaster (Mr C. J. C. Simpson) said: ‘ ‘There is a possibility the delay and damage occurred before the letter reached New Zealand. Such complaints are too vague to examine without the production orf the envelope. If the correspondent would call on the Chief Postmaster with the envelope concerned, the matter could be investigated.”]
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29783, 28 March 1962, Page 9
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