POSTAL DELIVERIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 618, 22 September 1909, Page 6

POSTAL DELIVERIES.

EXTENDltffcl THE FIVE-A-DAY AREA.; . H "Our ultimate ■ aim," .said tlio Secretary, of ' ,' the Post and ; Telegraph ;. Department , to" ■», ; DoitiKiosi representative, "is to , deliver , the, , • overnight letters in tiroo for breakfast. Wβ • ': hayo not quite reached that yet, but aro.doing ■' very well , on .the wholo."- . >■' '. ■ ' .: vThese remarks were apropos of the Actiug", . '~■ Postniaster-Genoral's approval of tlio extension' .'•.■..'.; of the five deliveries (aud collections) a day-."',, area in Wellington, taking.in ono and ahalf. ■; miles of streets, winch are at present receiving : only two deliveries a day. The ne\r deliveries will cover;— ■ '; s , ' v■:'' v• ■. ■Bbnlcott Street, from Manners ,to Church .. '■:•. Street.- ' ■ - ; -'. -"', : - ''■■-' :■'■ '■ ' ■".■ ■; .. , Willis Street, from' Ingostro : ! to Abe) :. . Smith Street. ' .■'''; ■:.'.-".. ,-. Street, between Taranoln and Cuba Streets, Taranaki Street,"from Vivian to Webb ,'.;:. : Street. '." .•' ■:.■'•...■.'■.■ .■•; .''■.■■ Webb Street," from Taranaki to Thompson ' : , : Street. ■■■■■ ■ ■ ■■ ■■'■ -' ■;:■■■■- ■■-. ". . Tory Strcot, from Vivian to Buckle Street." BucMo Street, from Tory Street to , bottom . • , ;'portion of Ellico'Street. ' ■ '- ■'■'" ■ Kent Terraco—Clydo Quay to School, and ■'■'' ~|- CamViridgo Torraco. ';■ s -. ,: A further improvement, in the: urban mail '.".■. service of this city is to be made, Kivinf; three - (instead of two) deliveries a day in the busi-' I ■■. ness portion of Wellington South, via., Adelaide '■':'•■ Road, to John Street, Kovans Street, Riddiford Street, and MansOoUl Street to tlio : cir-shode. '.-.-' The extra delivery. wiU> bo 'in tho morning, : / The now deliveries will commence on October 1, "The effect of instituting thei five deliveries a day," says Mr. Eobcrtson, "should: bo that , John Smith writing to Wm. Brown, .who alsd lives in the city area, should receive an answot.'.' within, say, two, hours—tUat.'i6 to s,"\y, il , William Brown replies at onto. It entails,i good deal of txtra work, but I think it i.< ' . worth it.", .;■ ■ ":■■; ..-.. '■ " ~V.-;- , ; . ',-', / i