TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.
AN ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE. WELLINGTON, April 4. As a means of effecting economy the control of the telegraph branches of the Post and Telegraph Departments in the four main centres is gradually being placed in the hands of the chiei postmasters. Already such a change has been effected at Christchurch and Auckland, and in due course similar arrange meats will be made in Wellington and Dunedin. Although it is stated that the men on the telegraph side ar e believed to be opposed to such an administrative change because of their preference for an independent branch with a superintendent in charge, and because they think that the telegraph as a separate branch will be more or less submerged in the new control, the official view is that a loss of £IOO,COO on the telegraph side last year and £190,000 in the previous year has made it incumbent to bring about certain economies. In all but the four chief centres the chief postmaster has control of the telegraphic side. Therefore, the extension of the same principle to the cities involves no radical change in policy So far as the ibhc is concerned, it is pointed out that there need be no fear of a loss in efficiency e such amalgamation of positions are made.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3865, 10 April 1928, Page 75
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214TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. Otago Witness, Issue 3865, 10 April 1928, Page 75
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