POSTAL FACILITIES.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19913, 16 June 1936, Page 9

POSTAL FACILITIES.

COMMERCE CHAMBER‘S ADVOCACY. RUSH HOURS A’l‘ COUNTER. “if thrl post omee were a business instead of a public institution and in trade were otterimr it, would cater tori it. by improved facilities: however. it is not and we cannot take our tele-} graph and postal business to another firm." declared the president, Mr H.‘ D. Caro. at a meeting of the executive‘l at the linmllton Chamber nf Commercei last evening. when a. reply to the (lliam-i her‘s advocacy for improved facilities at the (thief Post Office: was reevlved‘ from the Chief Postmaster. Mr \V. P. Aldridge. Answering .\lr Aldridtze's reply that between the hours of 12 and 2 p.m.! and Tu and 7 p.m. the puhllc was not required to wait unduly. .\lr Caro said. that, the delay was obvious to custom—ers and he instuneed his own experirm‘n of waiting 12': minutes on Satur—day evening iletore being able to des—patrh a teirzrnm. Thr‘ r‘xm‘uliw‘j agreed to arirlse the Postmaster that.i \\’hile apnrm‘iaiiux the dimruity nf pro—i vidiuu a staff at. these prak lmurs.‘ \vhirh l-unsiilutn‘d for many L‘ilipitn'er‘s.i the only suitable times in transact‘ business. it full that it \\as the did)" at tho pus! ot‘llrc to rndurr undue dr—- ‘ lay. i ileplyiuz tn the Chamber's repreSl‘nluth'l‘s on the suiliN‘i rtt' mail sort—in: and riearnnrr‘s. .\lr .\idridm‘, evpinlnml that an vvtrnsinn M the lmur for lair t’m‘ initers to Aur-klnnrt was not \varrnntm'l hy the small amount of rnrresnmuir‘ure \vhil‘h \vas nostr‘d it.\' ihn inst uiaiis‘, 'l‘hr‘ snriin: nf mail hrnulht by the first emu-Ms trmu t \urklaud was completed shortly after 7 mm. Every rndnavnur was made I in dual nith the mail t'rnm the northhuuud limited r‘vprr‘ss and ihr‘ earl." ' trnin t‘r-uu .\uni:iand. hut. as the \vurk [was unusirinrnhin, it. could nut lm omn—idntml iwt‘urn Kim mm. The twisting S‘Stf‘lll prmidml adequately for thr disnnsai nt‘ \\'nnk-vnd r‘nrrespnmlenrn pnstr‘d hv husillr‘ss hnusl‘s. must at \\htvh rinsed at noon on Saturday. The Chnmh-‘r (\vprossrd the mdniuu that, snme improvement could still lw ott‘ectcd in the methods at" mall sort.— ins.