Many people are notoriously careless in addressing their correspondence. The latest available annual post office statistics dealing with undeliverable postal packets in New Zealand are interesting, even though a comparison with the previous year’s figures shows a slight improvement in the position. The returns are as follow, the previous year’s being given in parentheses:—Letters and letter cards posted without address, 13,888 (17.289); letters imperfectly or insufficiently addressed, 23,972 (25,348) ; letters intercepted on account of libellous addresses, 66 (204) ; newspapers received without addresses, 8016 (7613); other articles received without addresses, 5099 (4485); newspapers returned to publishers as undeliverable. 42.949 (41.447) ; articles bearing previously used stamps, 80 (65).
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Otago Witness, Issue 3958, 21 January 1930, Page 56
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