CHRISTMAS MAILS.
•—~ POULTRY PARCELS ACCENTUATE . PRESSURE. | • • thi?S m l Sb L 3 ' nes s at the post office- • yeai has been considerably in exwf o"'"™ l "'day's in previous : not 'i l ll : esac t "details are ■ thit * 1 (f avallable - Notwithstanding , fmi '"f sorters have been a t work •> from midnight to daylight the cledr- : '- and e ritv m '^ e i, reCoi T e! ' s suburbs - v i Offlnn f K Whlch reachcd the Chief Post thnt ih f'were -so-heavy . ■ that the staff, supplemented bv . the X r inn m ° r T g staff of 15 men,"had. a A h/fnri + U if ' m , e eettmg it disposed "of - down mT y ? ram ma'ls were closed: V down The heaviest postings-at Christmas time, are always about two or three : 'f days before Christmas. This has', T;: evidenced at the Parcels Office during the past, two days by the .arrival . 0 f•>:«•; parcels containing poultry, etc,,; ■ ami' ™p,T °i a ., sl - mila . r na ture which' peculiar to this time -of year. These • were, so numerous that special delivery. ; arrangements had to be made yesterday •' as the ordinary means of delivery could 7 ' y not cope with the demand. -To-meet abnormal pressure the -'staff (both-oh .%'•» Thursday and Inday). have .been, workr mg double time, although supplemented ~ by.officers irom the General Post-Office ; and a number of temporary auxiliaries; :
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 3
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226CHRISTMAS MAILS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 3
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