IMMENSE TURNOVER
THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT £295,000,000 FOR YEAR [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] "WHANGAREI, Thursday The total turnover of the Post and Telegraph Department, including receipts and payments made on behalf of other Government departments, reached the colossal figure of £295,000,000 for the financial year 1937-1938, being an increase of £90,000;000 over "that for 1934-35 and £50,000,000 over 1936-37, said the Postmaster-General, the Hon. F. Jones, at Whangarei. This was easily a record in the history of the department. The increased business and the adoption of a shorter working week, he said, had necessitated an increase of 2248 in the staff of the department since the Labour Government assumed office.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23042, 20 May 1938, Page 15
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