The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN THURSDAY, SEPT. 9. 1915. POSIS AND IELEGRAPHS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 September 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN THURSDAY, SEPT. 9. 1915. POSIS AND IELEGRAPHS

J lie report <il I'hc late I'ostinatster- ' ilenerai (uoii ■!■{■ 11. liiiodc*) on lliu I aci i\ itK-s of tlio J'osi and Telegraph .' ! i/eparuiioni; during JDIJ-15 makes exj cepiionaliy interesting reading. The i Miiinnary he gives f-liu-wy clearly tho • I great u.selulness of this great in.stitnt- ' ion. and ue reprint lor our readers' i bench 1 the introductory remarks of the . '.Minister. lie ,say. 3 : - I have the lion- ' our to Mibniii to Your Excellency tlie L!eport of tlie I'u-i and Telegraph Do- ! paitinent lor the JituineTai year l\)l I- \ !•"), and in doing so t'o oiler the follow- ! nig remarks:- Notwithstanding the ! great war in which our iMnpire is engaged file lnisiiieis.s ( .l "the 'Departmeut | * j Ikis proved verv .satishictorv. Tlio j .* ' i

\wtr lias ovrrsliiiiiuwcil nit.bt oi the arrangeineiits and nece-.MtaLcd special I caiv and vigilance on the part ol olii- i ccr-. Arrangements have been nia'le ! i:>r ilie ceii.sor.-hip both ol killers and I Lt It'^cain- : also lor llie I'mlt.heranee ol with ilie .Nov,' Zealand Force* ai, llie iiuiil. 'I lie radio-tele-graph sy.-tein. all hough Milleiing I ruin 10,-s ni ordinary )ni>iiie i ->. ha.s proved its iim'l nine.-.- in cuniieetioii with matters all'oeled Ijy Llie war. and. anions oilier tilings, lias proved ol "rival ntilii.y its communicating uuh onr lorce m Samoa. llie arrangement'.- lor introducing automatic exchanges mi a large scale, which were well lonvaril. hare been considerably -el back, -as much ol the material required was being manufactured in Antwerp, ami the transfcreiice ol (lie work to England has not been so effectual as was expected 011 account <>l the works being required lor military purposes, 'I lie continued confidence of the public ill the Post Office Savings-bank in shown by the I act that the deposits during me past year exceeded llie withdrawals by 110 less than C 1,301.305, rai-ing the balance at credit ol depositors to the sum ol £19.018,021/. A new and improved parcelpost system lias been, introduced and better arrangements made lor the transmission ol telegraph messages between the main centres by means ol repealers placed in the Wellington oliice. It is a mailer tor congratulation that the olliceiv ol" tlic Department have \ oliuiti-eled' so lively iur service, with the .New . Zealand Forces in deteucc ol the Jjinpire. - It the number ol women eiiiploye.es and' iclegrajh ine>s.-cngeis, none ol whoni are available lor service, be dedueied from the total number ol .otlic-ers, it will be lound that 8 per cent, ol the entire | male-.-tall i* now.actually 011 active ser- , vice, 110 less than' .'ill 'having joi'lud Llie ranks The ietters ainl letter-cards increased l.iO, post cards tlecreafe ;d T. 51, .other articles increased (j.BG, and parcels increased 17.08 per cent. 'I in: decrease in ' the uum6er"'W post'caTUs may be accounted ior by the continued decline in the'popularity ol the p ctor iai postcard. in 1913, let tens and | lettcr-cank increased ,<l.B7'j. postcards j ..Released -.0.37, other articjeis de .v eased ! by 3.95 and parcels increased by _0.. : 0 per cent. The average, number ol' letters and letter-cards poaieu by nirt i ol population during 1.5)14: was .Miniated - at 105.01. The average in 1913 was J 101.Ul. The declared value ol parcels received 110111 places outeide the Dominion in iyi-1 was CMS,IOB, as against £475,1-13 in 1913. The Customs difty amounted to £79,237. The declared value ol parcels despatched to places beyond the Dominion in 1911 was CI 1,470. as against- '•£51,562 in ' 1913. The correspondence ol 21 persons or linns was prohibited transniifssion under section '-o~ of the Post and Telegraph Act. 1908. Money orders may not be issued in favour of such I persons or firms. Letters addressed to | prohibited pensons or firms withheld from delivery . (Turing tlio year numbered 1,538. .Prohibition was withdrawn in the case of * three persons or firms. Seventeen (

newspapers were registered for trans-

mission by post, and twelve were removed from tlie register. Six new lettcr-carriors' deliveries were established. Deliveries were elftencfed in twenty-five and increased in frequency in seven places. Automatic stamping machines wore ercctcd at eleven offices. The date-stamping at the office of posting of inland packets prepaid in cash and containing printed advertisements or other intrinsically valueless printed matter was abolished in July, 1914. On the Bth Septeniuer, 1014, Post Office cash amounting to £53 6s 7d and stamps to the value of <£'$3 2s were taken from the postal agency afc Fanning Island by a German naval force landed from the warship N'urnbdfg.