Post Early Is Advice Of Post Office

Chronicle (Levin), 14 December 1949, Page 4

Post Early Is Advice Of Post Office

Post early and often is the ad'vice of those whose jbb it is to ensure the delivery of Christmas gifts before December 25v They also say 'that their work in the mailfoom o'f the local Post offtCe will be expedlted considefably if pefsohs posting large bundlss of Christmas cards keep them together with a rubber band or piece of string when putting them in thC let'tCr boxes, haWPg first assufed themselves. that the envelopes are all up the same way-. Large numbers of envelopes containing greetings cards, if thrown loosely ih the boX, hieah IbsS of tiihe later in collation ready for fr&nking. i That -many are posting their letters, greetingsv cards and p'afcels earlier this year was indicated by the post office staff this morning. The reCords show that yestefday 136 bags of mail were despiatched ffom the office and 33 receiVed. Last year 101 bags left the Office on December 14 and -33 wOre reCeived. The total number of bags desphtChed by the lOcal post office last year from the period December 6 to 3l' totalled .1159. A total of lllO WOre delivefed to Levin. It is anticipate'd that these figures will be exceeded this year. Extra staff will be engaged in the mailroom shortly to cope with the fush, but the bUrden Will b'e made much lighter by the cooperation of the public.