81 TONS OF MAIL

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21373, 18 March 1941, Page 4

81 TONS OF MAIL

SENT FROM DOMINION LETTERS TO SOLDIERS ONE MONTH’S FIGURES QUOTED (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Tuesday Some idea of the huge volume of mail matter that now goes forward to New Zealand soldiers overseas, may be gained from the fact that during the last tour weeks, no less than 81 tons of soldiers mail was despatched overseas, said the Postmaster General, tne Hon. P. C. Webb, in a statement to-day. Parcels comprised 49 tons, newspapers and other reading matter 30 tons, and letters over two tons, the latter including almost one ton ot airmail letters, eacn weighing for the most part less than half an ounce. Hence probably between 90.000 and 100,000 air mail letters have been posted to soldiers overseas in the last month. The volume of correspondence received from soldiers overseas is also heavy, except that the inward mails consist mainly of letters. A fairly large number of parcels, however, are also received these containing, for the most part, souvenirs. Although there has been a slight falling off there is also a considerable volume of civilian mail matter, both inwards and outwards and any falling off has been more than compensated by the heavy traffic for the Expeditionary Force.