GIGANTIC TASK

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3784, 30 July 1932, Page 6

GIGANTIC TASK

AVAR LOAN CONVERSION ARMY OF CLERKS BUSY MECHANISED OPERATIONS lAust. and N.Z. Cable) London, July 29. There are 4500 clerks exclusive l y employed on the o per cent. AVar Loan conversion o-pefations, of whom 2400 are on the Bank of England staff. The operations arc mochamised to a degree. Megaphones are used on every floor tc< convey general instruetioffis to the staff. The- magnitude, of the task is shown by the fact that in the indexroom alpine there are 3,500,0(H) cards with 13,000,000 c- tries regarding stocks held by the blanks. The Post Office also is proud cf its achievement of dealing with -3,000,000 extra letters in a month. Though -the Giovernuur.-.t only pi‘jmised p-aymeiiiit e-f the 20s bonus within a fortnight, the Post Office, succeeded in dispatching th.-e v ar-l-aiits within two days.