POSTAL SERVICE
YEAR'S WORKING IN AUSTRALIA. FIGURES FOR ALL BRANCHES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. MELBOURNE, July 1. The report of the Poet and Telegraph Department for tho year ended dune, 1921, contains some interesting items. The profits on working totalled £1,143,76 /, and were chiefly due to increased postal charges. The telephones earned profits amounting to £223,475, but the telegraph brunch made a loss of £8312. Tho repo it says that although the ro/cinio increased as the result of higher postal charges, There was actually a falling-off in business, partly due to these increased rates. During the year, the dejiartnient handled 631,000,000 letters. Careless addresses resulted in over £178,000 worth ut money and valuables lauding in the Dead Letter Office; 5-1!) of these letters, containing in all £.5803, had no address whatever. ' Money-orders and postal notes issued by the depat fluent totalled nearly £17,500,000,
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11252, 3 July 1922, Page 7
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143POSTAL SERVICE New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11252, 3 July 1922, Page 7
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