Half-Day At Post Offices To Release Recruits
[Per Press Association. Copyright .] WELLINGTON, This Day. It is announced from the General Pest Office, Wellington, that in order to facilitate the release of officers enlisting for war service, it has become necessary to observe a half-holiday at post offices .and to reduce slightly the hours of attendance in the evening. Commencing next week, all but ’the principal post offices will close for a weekly half-holiday, generally a Saturday. All but the most important centres will have the evening attendance reduced by the introduction of a tea interval between 5.30 and 7 p.m. Other Curtailments. In addition, the present 7 to 8 p.m. attendance at certain offices will be discontinued. Delivery by message boy of telegrams lodged after 6 p.m. will be restricted to urgent messages, and the free delivery distance will be reduced to I>j miles from 5 p.m. at all places at which the present free delivery coverage exceeds that distance. By the adoption of the foregoing changes, it is hoped greatly to increase the number of postal officers who will be released for service overseas.
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Northern Advocate, 29 May 1940, Page 9
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