POSTAL SERVICE AND PUBLIC

Evening Star, Issue 25619, 20 October 1945, Page 9

POSTAL SERVICE AND PUBLIC

PRIVATE BUSINESS MUST BE INVIOLATE (Special.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 20. Urging that steps be taken to ensure that the business of the Post and Telegraph Department was strictly confidential, Mr Clyde Carr (Govt., Timaru), said in the House of Representatives yesterday during the discussion of the department's Estimates, that he had received one_ or two complaints recently of the private business of the public being bandied about. He asked whether any pledge of secrecy were taken by employees, and was told hy the Acting Postmaster-General, Mr Jones, that such a pledge taken. Mr Carr also asked the Minister to see that attendants at the inquiry counters gave the correct information. Ee cited a case where a matt changing his residence and seeking to transfer his telephone was told it would be all right if he applied for the transfer by a certain time. His wife was desperately ill, and, although he applied as instructed, he was informed on the day he was moving.in that his name would have to go to" the bottom of the list, and that he might have to wait for many months. A high tribute was paid to the general work of the department by Mr Carr and other members. Mr Carr said his complaints were minor, t but he thought the Minister would apprer ciate attention being drawn to them.