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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22365, 12 September 1934, Page 18

A messenger boy has been awarded £2 because he noticed how quickly many of his comrades grew out of their uniforms He suggested to the Awards Committee of the British Post Office that when a boy was supplied with two suits, one should be larger than the other. Suggestions received in this way may never be adopted, but sums are often paid “ for encouragement.” _ A sorting clerk and telegraphist in Kent received £1 simply for advising the provision of a receptacle for waste tea leaves in the sinks of retiring rooms at post offices; another official received £1 for suggesting the provision of seat cushions for the postmanpassenger in postal motors. Three men employed oil the little-known railway line running underground between Paddington and Whitechapel, used for carrying mails, received £SO each recently. The trains which run on this line arc driverless, being controlled from sicnal. cab'ivat the various “ stations,” each of which is at a sorting office. They are capable of a speed of 40 miles an hour, and at some of the cross-overs derailments were rather frequent. The suggestions for which the three men received their awards were for alterations in the permanent way calculated to prevent these accidents.