RURAL MAILS.

Timaru Herald, Issue 170299, 18 August 1920, Page 7

RURAL MAILS.

INQUIRIES BEING MADE,

IN SEARCH OF IMPROVEMENTS

From our Parliamentary Correspondent

WELLINGTON, August 17,

The I'ostmaster-Uenerai made a statement- m tlie Jdouse to-day a "out j rural inail services. Mr Hoeisly :.-sked 1 the Minister wnetner iie would :iria:ige tnat instructions be given that in tue' provision of rural mail services there should be no reduction in the services on account of the increased expense of tiiem wiien tne new tenders were being accepted. Mr Coates said that he would be pleased to take the request into consideration. They were culling tor tenders only for twelve months. The reason for this was that Mr Morris, who was at present on his way to tho Geneva Postal Conference, had been instructed to go to Canada and .make exhaustive enquiries into the rural mail services there. Canada led tho world in rural mail-services, and had given country settlers conveniences which were not given in any other part of the world. It was the'idea of the Goverment that when this information about- Canada was availaule._ it would he possible to institute in New Zealand a system to give cheaper and better facilities to settlers in rural districts. This was the reason why tenders for rural services, Ave re being called for only, twelve months.