DELAY INEVITABLE
DELIVERY OF LETTERS, POSITION IN BRITAIN (British Official Wireless) . RUGBY, Sept, 19. ■ (Received Sept. 20, at 7“p.m. : ) r - The Daily Telegraph says v : that telegrams r sent by tram; letters, left lying at railway stations for. days, and telephone lines completely out of action without apparent reason, are among complaints being „j®&de at post offices. : The Postmaster-general, Mr W. S. Morrison, announced that, ■ ■ a very heavy delay was' inevitable.”; Letters are. taking a week to reach their destinations, but. the average'delay is about four days. Post _ offices throughout London from September 23 will remain open after raid warnings. The offices are bemgvmade blast and splinter proof. '
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24409, 21 September 1940, Page 10
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108DELAY INEVITABLE Otago Daily Times, Issue 24409, 21 September 1940, Page 10
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