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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 89, 21 March 1916, Page 3

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POSTAL DEPARTMENT REVISION NEW ZEALAND METHODS EXTOLLED. rUNXXEn Press Association.] (Received 9.0 a.m.) Sydney, March 21. As a result of his visit to New Zealand, the Hon. Mr Webster (Post-master-Genera)) expects to save £50.000 per year in the administration of the Postal Department., This will involve bo radical changes, simply a rearrangement of the methods. .Air Webster said he saw nothing in New Zealand to alter, his convictions on the question of dividend control, which made 'for neither efficiency mu economy. He was pleased wijffi th©. organisatiou of the New Zealand employees, thus eliminating a dozen unions which were in existence there, STRIKE OF NAVAL ENGINEERS. (Received 9.0 a.m.) The engineers at the naval workshops at Garden Island strode as the result of the dismissal of a member of, the union for refusing certain work. BULK-HANDLING OF WHEAT. (Received 9.0 a.m.) Sydney* 21. The Assembly consjljbhl] the Hulkhandlinjg of Wheat vides for the elevators at a cost of two millions. , v.l -■ • \ • * 4 i v • COLD IN BfeNDlCb. I i I 1 i-’Melholirne, ■ • Thomas Quinn has;discovered* a ,14 oz. nugget of almost pure gold in the Break o’ Day-Gully, Bendigo.. A ru f s,h has* set in. .