CHRISTMAS MAILS TO ENGLAND

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 281, 27 November 1936, Page 12

CHRISTMAS MAILS TO ENGLAND

n BIG ADVANCE IN POSTINGS FROM 0 LAST YEAR. e Christmas mails from New Zealand s> to England this year were greatly in t excess of those last year. Official re[g turns show that 23,0681 b. of letters and' 125,8631 b. of other articles, except par-

ui utuvi uxLicifs, eAcepi parcels, were dispatched in the last four Christmas mails, compared with 18,467 lb. of letters and 91,3101 b. of articles last. year. Detailed comparisons, with the weight of letters and articles given in

: The two years are almost exactly i comparable, for last year the last four mails from New Zealand which would arrive in England before Christmas left on November 12, 14. 16 and 19, and this year the last, dispatches were ■ on November 10, 14, 16 and 21. In both years the Rangitiki had the disI tinction of taking the last mail which would reach England by Christmas ' and in both years the departure port was Napier.

pounds, are:1935. From Letters Articles. Auckland .... 7,357 18,791 Auckland 2.778 1,614 Auckland 3 270 45,743 Napier 5,062 25,162 Totals 18,467 91,310 1936. From Let I cis Articles. Auckland 8,200 12,300 Auckland 5.794 4,500 Auckland . 1.764 78,445 Napier 7,310 30,618 Totals . . 23,068 125,863