TELEGRAPH CONTROL.

Wairarapa Age, 5 April 1928, Page 2

TELEGRAPH CONTROL.

CHANGE IN MAIN CENTRES? As a means of effecting economy, the control of the telegraph branches of the Post and Telegraph Departments in the four main centres is gradually being placed in the hands of the Chief Postmasters. Already such a change has been effected at Christchurch and Auckland, and ,in du® course similar arrangements will be made in Wellington and Dunedin. Although it is stated that the men on the telegraph side are believed to be opposed to such an administrative change because of their preference for an independent branch with a superintendent in charge, and because they think that, the telegraph as a separate branch will be more or less submerged m the new control, the official view is that a loss of £lOO,OOO on the telegraph side last year and £190,000 the previous year has made it incumbent to bring about certain economies. In all but the four chief centres the Chief Postmaster has control of the telegra* phic side, therefore the extension of the same principle to the cities involves no radical change in policy. So far as the public is concerned, it is pointed out that there need be no fear of a loss in efficiency where such amalgamations of positions are made.