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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9022, 9 December 1907, Page 2

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P "Association, jkland, December 9. of Auckland letterlrday night there was lance, iucluding the . M. Myers) and a ads of the postal deMr Drydou, Assistant Postmaster, said that no Government or Parliament had done so much for tiie Post and Telecraph Departments as the present ono. Statements had been made that the service was being starved, but his experience was all to the contrary, as there was never any difficulty in securing addtiious to'the staff. In six years the staff of Auckland Post Cilice had been increased from 87 to IC>5, and the number of letter-carriers from 28 to 54. Tlie whole public service recontly had been treated with extreme consideration, and thoy ought for a number of years to be content, aud settle down to work.

Roferring to the progress of Auckland, Mr F. D. Holds worth, Chief Postmaster, said that siuco January Ist last tluy had opened 68 new offices in the district, a record for any postal distralct in the Dominion.