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Shannon News, 27 June 1924, Page 3

Recently in Raetihl the Chamber of Commerce had erected a' postal box for late lee letters which are carried to the Main Trunk trains tree of charge by the motor bus proprietor. At a meeting recently a letter was received from the Postal Department protesting iagainsi t!he aiction of the Chamber, and stating that fiii-o Department wanted control of all mail matter/ "What is going to become of this new letter box now, because if the Department takes charge of tills inovation it will have its own boxes erected," said a member. This brought the following from another member: "Oh, sell it to the Golf Club. There wag over 100 balls lost last week, and they require, a large box for receiving same." The g*olf course is famous for its swamps, and hundreds of halls are lost annually -on-.the link*.