CHRISTMAS POSTAL BUSINESS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 699, 27 December 1909, Page 5

CHRISTMAS POSTAL BUSINESS.

j Although ■tlio'offlcinlvfigures' for 'Christ- - M S mas. Evo mo- übtyetnvailtible.r.thoro is- !, :'v' no. doubt, that Inst 'week , nt the General .'C.' , ,: I'ostjOfflco 1 was - airocord one. , *- Tho daily i> •' ■■••:*,''. .figures- ftt.,tlio-parcels.i:office , ..li'ave. goneV :l 'i.'' Over; the. thousand , ! l mark; beating'; the '!<!,;:> last vf>ar!s record of -800 odd;;-3?r6m; K Quarter 'of th(\ : globe; parcels have come''.;vj ; , tumbling,in;,to boiircdistrihutod,to ''the'•;:•";'. Various ■centres, while the ' local;: parcel!i' : ;;,;c': niail". has, bcbni.ftstonishinfflyj heavy,-:due . j.> in:,a largo;:nieasuro.-to'-the.material.'iii* l c■';';'! crease of ■ the 'niail .order 6ystem 'of,/pur-;) •'; if; ohasing goods for , tdcLivory in'the country.;'■:? In. the. .maiUroom,. the: sorters ■■ had s an- tjs, exceptionally-'strouudus, time;/ , -It;.would^-.if have been /worse had not : Christmas; Day/..?-.' ii come on' the Saturday -this, yeari'^The-:-;- , strain l thus-bogan ■ earlier , in ' tho \rpbkj ;-.<£jV Und was niore;.,or/:less!''spread : - over, 'the'SV-'o; preceding three' pt ,; ,fout'. , days. ''-'.But .tho .'?■;■> paco was hot 'while it lastcdv-Xast ; T,u.fß->; :: ' ,: :i: day, for : 6xainple ( 'thtro passed' through;Ui'i tUo mail-rooraj -something,like-i-in round I , •',■>: figiires-4O,i00: letters,-'- oyorV'l6,oooo;ppst: ; '\v3' cards,- 20,400.;'b00k-post^'packets;,^i2,7oo~v|u' newspapers,'';'and. various Vodd makinij. close, on another'hundred, f. : :'.;';; j:v;- <i tho-.telegraph'- operators'.; room,'- the ":.V : .4: Tfvcs : :wer"o "kept hot •■.witM ChTisttnttß l greetings.'■:; Thbro■ must .hayb .been • ;) : v! : thing hke"Cooo;tolegramsput through'on';J*!';.j, Christmas Evo alone.; The'coining week .will :-iv'? also. be : a" heavy Ono with 'oversea' Walla,-/ 1 ; more Christinas?pareele '~nnd': greetinE?,'','!/,::,ami iho , Now :Yoar. ! inails'. ; to bonio.:^r ; ';;,v

:;■,■•, CHHISTCHpCH., FIGURES.. ; ,;£OO .'• .' (By;'TcioEraph.'HPre«BvAS6bcuitidh.y!-;-> .'-J , -:.'.-;-! ■. v ■"••'. ;:-"Chrlstchiirch, ; ..Deceniber:24;;/ : ~Hii : -The'business transacted at/the clrarch Q.l'.O.: 'i during ' tho , Cliristniaj|:- ;!?■ seaSbn, December 17. to ..December 24, hiis,;'Sr bo((kt,-*as usual,':- of •.■oxtraordinariljVK , '.'-.':, heiu-y, nature,, but; tho : osccllcncb. of: thd'/-*:;' syStom-.-'flad,- .the , completeness l ,;'of,: tho /;, ; F i' "arriuyefjiouts'■ enabled thovstaff:to-'deali";;;■ i.with'thorush-qf. work-With the greatest '■?.'# expedition! and by,, midrda>%: to-day:', tho.; v-.. ; wholo : of • thpV immenso ;Christians;• mail f'V.? iVnd been dealt with. ; llotails of busi- i±% noss;-transacted 'at; the post?oßiceJKwithxifi; the figures for :last year, are.as follows—■ ;-i ; ;\'i •, Sale "o£ stamp's:— .UiU 10s.V10di;-V:<;. 1908, ,Is. lid.j increnso, -'Jo2s!|;9s;'.-.4d;-;v. *, Malls' inward:—l9o9,; 3038 bags'.and/35? :'".' Immpers; 1908, 3015 lings and .357, haiiipcrs: , ;;-; 1 y • '••■ Jkils outward:—l9o9,-: 2977. bags : . and: t'o;. DG9, hampers;'-. 1908, v 3082 •. ; bngs . ; -.".and / ;,'•;, hampers,: /•-'..-. .■■'■'■'-.' ■/.■■:.'W ; ..'':-'-.-;■''•-.■-■.•;•',' -kftf'ii