RUSH OF LETTERS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20175, 2 March 1931, Page 9

RUSH OF LETTERS.

■ ' '!»■■ V ' ,. t ' -J, lr ' ( AVOWING. -NEW ■ .-. : ■*, RATE 6. * e ',-• // =-vr;;. tf Increased postal came; into effect yesterday, resulted in -the -, mail room of' tie Qldtetefeuxeli Pott, Office receiving on Saturday usually large number of v letteTsj\~aad the staff had to work overtime to cope t ' • * with them. „"■ .';, ' .;,- „_-, \\/. "It was quite like chrMmaS,** said'. r -;-* if rT. 0, ; ftofebtfJones, superintendent" r .- of mail* for the €fcrjuschiirch oMcej.to 7> \ a reported of {TSS pKusa. '*fflbrptijg|i- " \ out the day the** Wasaflocrf of second- '-*-; class ' invoices, and adVfiftisiMg matter, from* '' business offices. d?he" men on'ituty V worked continuously with two jnochines ~ } in operation. It was not ttitil after 10 '-7 p.m. that the work was finished.-'A*". \ a general rule the rush of ;busjneßs mail ~,. • at the, end of {he "month is dejUthwith'' , by about 8 p.m, It mpst be refitembeMa - ■ ■•''" that Saturday was a haif-holMay, so that ihe concentration of the rush m&V. - bo realised.*' - ,<•-;■ t'.'/ v ;\s/J Many people failed to realise) fchjrt the ">V\ new rates flame into' ope*oti&h ; yester-. Say, and as a result there Wert a> 'jfrelit;",, ,', many ,letters -posted 'wbic& still c'Sitfeft !/%*■■' only L iJte peony stamp; *' ■ ■ - ■ .'-■""&■ In the main 'lobby of th«f JVrtfc'dnteSV'.V' yesterday there wet* t*reCß«!mp-88liinB' - dmachines. One Stts ■lbt.-IkS&gßffi"£ ! ,& l stamps -land the\«th«r twtfVfor :Mteay ; . : iM , ; stamps. By last .«v«ii!ftg^fci&' ?'*Y, ! latter was marked not receive any more penzriesi?.b&tj]{fce*;W"! other, although not marked, ixCi 4&aiil&gs'®vi manner,swcajd ietattto| r -%tlimplte-* , irate would-Ke, pnrxhasers'during, the evening _. v : :'^7f^ r ' <■ f JO COSTS. The following letter has been received . j Irv the Editor of Tim Tv.vßs„ from? •? a Canterbury firm of wootfea manuffcaV, -Vy:, turors:— * '" -•*.- "*".,*?- "W* should emphatic protest .against ..the 1 pogtabi>Ji£t increases TCeentiy.ifnttahiifift'd. -^(<A!fiS^^^M, R»d bhnoeeßsary has laid- d«wn £ tiafißlte ing freights* aftfr-.dWr* nianufsjli£l^\«f|^dfc^nn;^^^^g> w*i4hfwlt> d*;.-ettt« iis Under j lbs .new tariff >b* dMW^tiffljcftl'j'J** } wbrrf If feature i j Weight of goods the line Uttte. th|re*% i^fWa.'tftoS^s^;";4j > : usually- four, owinjg -to"t&e" XJOfcJnaSV *ss as E troda the -weigbte tof nmte *hrf 0 wIU tfl tjjWanfr fo lß^one T entail dr'i«i^^eir:^-fi{boTfc^ by t eaojJtwaißljt! ;liaAftfah^falfl^£^riaDß^&l *^^^^@Ss»Haßil9 :bnife^mp^Sjqpigjpß|^^^Wm exn%EUhg.%mt^MnrtK»^^ffimFn]^^HH poHHtal St > h"Ti , ' > f oEtCoaiS^M-'tfiytte^SsaMs^ffiMßWa to t fch» Id -haTO Itea^tfrdn^oaatsia^sttaffla 1 hatS^ : SS&WSBs^^SBSaSBm