RECORD BUSINESS
HUTT 3?\/Atlk^;i?sQST OFFICES
The staffs of the post o Jnlces,'4n the Hutt Valley and . at Ea'stbourn^ record business during the pre-'Christ-mas period. At Lower Hutt the rush was reported to be "phenomenal" and -th^, biggest on'record in the. Postal Depaftm^nt., ; All the staffs worked long hours.'.T^ie.(business in telegrams was up on last'S^ap!; The ;postmen had to -work exceptioriajjyf.ha^d, and some were able to make, ..only delivery on Monday. '"'.. iX*** V 1 | The business at Petone xv.as far-.ah.ead of that at the same period last year,' and ,can compare with the heaviest on tecord, and the business in telegrams also increased.
Exceptionally heavy postal busings has\been done at Upper Hutt, and the telegrams Increased about 40 per. cent Because of the two deliveries daily now being made the postmen did not have to work as late as last year, but a record, amount of business was put through.
Business has been so heavy at Eastbourne that the, two postmen had to work 15 hours on Monday, and another was put on. The total amount of business established a record."
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 153, 26 December 1935, Page 9
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180RECORD BUSINESS Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 153, 26 December 1935, Page 9
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