PARCELS POST

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 101, 30 April 1936, Page 9

PARCELS POST

REDUCED CHARGES MINISTER’S STATEMENT : (By Telegraph.—Special to “Chronicle.”) i WELLINGTON, April 29. ' In an interview to-day the Hon. F. • Jones (Postmaster-General) stated that , the Post Office has had a very encouraging experience in connection with its ( revision of the parcels post rates which, f on the basis of last year’s business, involve a concession to users uf approxi- , > mately £23,000 per annum. i “Careful examination of the parcels • post business over a long period was ; made by my officers,” remarked the • Postinaster-General, “with the object ■ I of analysing the costs of handling all classes of packages. 'Phis led to the conclusion that a substantial reduction in charges could bo made and that business would bo so stimulated thereby that it could still be conducted on a paying basis.” The first month's experience of the new rates and the more liberal conditions fully supports that view. Business firms have shown appreciation of the new scale by increasing their postings, and a return of the daily average postings at the four chief centres of the Dominion provides ample evidence of the success of the new scale. The particulars are as follow:

“If, has been ascertained,” concluded the Minister, “that equally good .results have been shown in many other centres, and there are two cases in which the business last month was double that of the average postings of parcels prior to the introduction of the reduced scale of charges.”

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