THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT.
(Per Press ; Association^ , /; ■- -iy AUCKLAND/- thisrdap At a re-union' of Auckland ' letter-car-riers on Saturday night, tlibrej^vtis'a lai^ge attendance, includingi the /MAyoi* (MrM. M. Myers) and a. number bf heads of Postal Departments. Mr, Dryden, assistaht ppstniaster; said that /ho Government or Parliament had done so much for the iPost arid Telegraph Department as tlie pjresent one. 'Stotementojjliad/ibeen made ' that' the /servioef Kiad/b^eh jstairved'.' His', ex^brieiiob \*as all tb'the.lcbntr^ry./ They : had • —ever had; difficul^^n/^curing^addi- , tiohsy tQ ; .thfi 'jstaff. ' lii six J-yeciys the '. staff v of tl'ib' jAubklajid Post Offtbe lisid iricreas|d frem .87 to 165, and the riumber of lettercarriers from 28 to 54. The^ whole of the publio seryibe had recently been treated with ' extreme oonsideratibn, and they ought* for a number of years be content and settle down to work. Referring, to the, progress of Auckland, Mr F. D; Holds worth, chief postmaster, said that since January 1. last they had opened 68 new, office s ici the; district, - a ! record for' any postal district "m the dominion.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11146, 9 December 1907, Page 5
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172THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11146, 9 December 1907, Page 5
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