Packed, m sections, a church, a manse, and a shop have been sent by steamer to rir Ppf Cc $, Grfnl^ d ' yitiiin the Arctic Circle. The church, when erected will be the moat northerly in the world Every, year the Post Office handles' over six thousand million letters, not to mention some 150,000,000 parcels. In these transactions the railways o£ Great Britain are called upon to play a prominent part. Over 80 per cent, of the letters amounting to 25,000,000 bags, and 140,1 000,000 parcels, are conveyed by train each year.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 129, 27 November 1929, Page 6
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91Untitled Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 129, 27 November 1929, Page 6
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