EFFICIENT POSTAL SERVICE

Taranaki Daily News, 24 October 1930, Page 7

EFFICIENT POSTAL SERVICE

BRITISH RESOURCEFULNESS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. During the. sinking of the Tahiti much of the mail suffered immersion. It is proof of . the efficiency of the British postal service that certain dilapidated correspondence eventually found its way to the Addressees in England. Blurred addressed envelopes that were almost pulp must have militated against the work of the postil authorities. Mr. F. W. Barker, of Niven and Co., Wellington, has in his possession convincing proof ’that "a letter he wrote reached its destination. The recipient of the .letter returned to Mr. Barker the original envelope. The writing is blurred and the envelope almost falling to pieces, yet the British postal people managed to decipher the address and the correspondence reached its destination safely. It is an interesting memento of the. efficiency of the postal service in Britain/ r ■ ■