ARMY OF CLERKS

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1932, Page 13

ARMY OF CLERKS

tfiEMENDbaST; OPERATION:;

entries' h% Millions

■ ';■■' i: ; LONDON^ ; 29th Jiilyv -■ ■■fd'Uf tliousand five hUnared/(Sl6rke( ftr« exclusively Cinpldyed'en the S Jrtr''^itJ War liflan conversion operations, ,di .whdnx 2400 are on the Bank Of Eng« land stauv. The operations are mechanised to a <legree» Megaphones are Used on every,, floor to convey, general, in*' structions' to the staff. "; ;-: : ' ;

' The magnitude of the tasK is-shown by the: fact that ill the index-room, alone tßere are 3,500,000 cards, with 13,000,000 entries regarding stocks held by the banks. • ■■■• ,>..'" ; " ■'•'•,.

The Post Office also' is" proud 6f it» achievement. Of dealing with 5,000,000 extra, letters in,a"month. Though th« Gbvernnieiit only promised payment <Jf the 20s bonus within a fortnight, th# Post Office succeeded in dispatching th« warrants within: two days.1 f ■'.- : Mr. Montagus liTorman, Governor of the Bank <lf. England^ Btates. that special arrangements, are/beirig mid* t6*"m6et Overseas applicants. The bonus will depefid: on the date of mailing. If coaversieiiß are refteived in Deoemfeer from the Solomon Islands the bonus Will be ; paid. >.^— ■->-,'.-'-' ■^■-•- .-.■ V;.: . ■... ■„ ■