POSTAL BUSINESS.
ALL-ROUND INCREASE. POSITION IN HAMILTON. Following the stimulus received over the Christmas and New Year periods, all branches of postal business in Hamilton have been maintained at a high level, and the returns show a substantial increase over the figures at this time last year. The last two months have been very busy periods for the staffs at the chief post office and suburban offices, as is borne out by office statistics. An increase of 33 1-3 per cent in tiie number of telegrams lodged in Hamilton over the Christmas and New Year periods indicates one phase of tlie greater postal business transacted, in the week ended December *24, 6661 telegrams were handed In at Hamilton and suburban offices, as compared with 5021 in the same period last Toll business is also very brisk, a* is indicated by the figures for tha week to December *2i. during which outward toll calls from Hamilton totalled 7C51 a* against 6259 in the corresponding period last year, an increase of approximately *25 per cent. Increased transactions. involving both deposits and withdrawals, ara reported by the money order office, while the mail-room staff are 4U9 tuinliins a large - *
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19784, 15 January 1936, Page 6
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196POSTAL BUSINESS. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19784, 15 January 1936, Page 6
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