POST OFFICE TO SPEEDUP DELIVERY OF AIR-MAIL PARCELS
Parcels forwarded by air mail are usually sent by that means for quick transit and delivery, according to the Chief Postmaster at Wanganui (Mr. W. O'Connell). However, although quick transit is given, the time gained is often lost through the parcels lying at the office of delivery up to 24 hours awaiting normal delivery. It has therefore been decided that if the senders of air-mail parcels quote the telephone number of the addressee or the world “telephone” in the address, the Post Office will arrange for the addressee to be notified by telephone that an air-mail parcel awaits delivery. This action will, however, for the meantime be confined to those offices which receive direct air-mail parcels. The offices are those directly served by plane, and at which aerodromes are situated or are nearby, added Mr. O'Connell.
Where parcels are not picked up by the addressee, they will be disposed of in the next normal delivery. It is intended to print a small gummed label “please telephone addressee, telephone number ” which will
be issued to senders at the office of posting. In the meantime senders should show lhe telephone number as part of the address.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 5 November 1949, Page 4
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