By providing for regular collections from and delivery of mails and parcels to rural mail boxes fixed outside the farmer’s gate, the Post Office brings many of its services direct io the country home. That this is substantially appreciated has been shown by the constantly growing numbers or these boxes. The total distributed throughout the Dominion has now reached just over 30,000, which includes 4836 in the Hamilton postal district, 4687 in the Auckland district, 3389 in the Christchurch postal district, 2926 in Southland, 2568 in the Palmerston North area, 1729 in the Dunedin postal district, 1539 in the Timaru district, 1244 in Wanganui district, 1218 in the Wellington area, and' 1136 in the districts surrounding New Plymouth. The importance of this country postal service was demonstrated during the economic depression when the number of rural delivery boxes actually increased by 5385 during the five years from 1922, but the present total is an improvement on the 1929 figures to the extent of 10.703.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 December 1938, Page 7
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