A LETTER EVERY DAY.
I;';- , * Tho total number of letters, post's, Bards land packages of all descriptions ({delivered in the United Kingdom last linear totalled 6141 millions, which works ■ out sat an average of 114 per head of ‘ |Sho pcsulatjon, or 570 for the average . ,'family ofh've, A great number of these . [letters, however, are business cOmmunications, delivered at offices and workshops,. If we put these down at one||third of the total, the postman would |j still have enough left to deliver one ''4 per day at every house on his round. Looking down the list of figures, we lisfind that there were some sixteen milf ; lions of letters and postcards undeliv■iif’eted, through some cause or other, in &|the; course of the year. In addition to iifthese, half a million newspapers failed |to.find their destination, while nearly 'half a million packages were found loose V or,.withorit any address in the post. ' As an illustration of carelessness, it ■ " may bo mentioned that among articles ‘found loose in the post during the year ; 'JPII. Was a letter of credit for £IOOO, WhhA bad been posted in a pillar-hox.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12638, 24 May 1919, Page 8
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186A LETTER EVERY DAY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 12638, 24 May 1919, Page 8
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