A WORLD'S RECORD

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20426, 17 February 1938, Page 6

A WORLD'S RECORD

MAX /EAT.AM) TELEGRAMS MESSAGES ANNUALLY PER HEAD ly i or i . . •i M - Ml.* lif- i* s I us.MM o f 11 1 f • tef- • - q.ii in i!o- world. 'Fin* latest Post Office Agues >how that the telegrams handled in . ynr equal 3£ t'o" each individual in Dm* Dominion, a record Xus spect which I!:** latest available figures show a proportion of 2.3 telegrams sent per head of population every year. In the quarter ended December 31 the Post Office dealt with 1,686,100 total showing an improvement over the corresponding quarter of 1936 to the extent of 105,010 messages, representing a percentage rise of 6.65. As this phase of the Department's business has been stimulated by concessions in rates, it is not surprising that the proportionate increase in revenue—-namely. 4.84 per cent. —was less than the growth in the volume of traffic. These totals include Press telegrams, which during the same period showed a decline of i 054. equal to 3.52 per cent. Last December produced the highest record of messages for any one month during Ihe Department's history, the improvement, compared with the corresponding month of 1936, being also remarkable. Comparative, figures are as follows—Telegrams: December, 1937. 559.51.8; December, 1936, 793.193. Increase, 66,375.