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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1930-31.

CONTENTS.

Receipts and Payments .. .. ! dumber of Post-offices in Dominion Savings-bank . . .. .. .. 1, 25 Dead-letter Office .. .. '*24 Hawke's Bay Earthquake .. ..1,11 Missing Postal Packets .. . . .! 24 Staff • • • • • • .. .. 2; 9 Customs Parcels .. .. 24 Increased Post and Telegraph Charges .. 3 Money-orders .. . . 25 Commercial Branch .. .. .. 3, 16 British Postal Orders . . . . .. 25 Buildings .. .. .. . . 3, 17 Postal Notes .. .. .. . '.25 Overseas Mail-services .. .. .. 4, 21 Post Office Investment Certificates .. 25 Inland Mail-services .. .. 4, 19 Unemployment Act, 1930 .. .. 25 "Charity" Stamps .. .. Inland Telegram Rates ... .. 25 Pictorial Stamps .. .. .. 5,22 Reduction of Cable Rates to Great Britain Commission on Purchases of Stamps by ' and Ireland .. .. 26 licensed Vendors .. .. .. 5,23 Machine-printing Telegraphs .. .. 26 Cable Services .. .. . . 6 Supply °f Current for Telegraph Purposes 27 Telephone Exchange Services .. .. 6,32 Trans-Tasman Flight of Aeroplane Carrier-current Telephony .. 27 " Southern Cross Junior" .. 27 Radio Telegraph and Telephone Services.. 6,30 Chess Matches by Telegraph: Charge for Broadcasting .. . . .. .. 7, 32 Hire of Circuit . . ~ .. 27 Telephone Directories .. .. .. 7', 36 Carrier-current Telephone Systems .. 27 Office of Postmaster-General 7 i Extension of Toll and Telegraph Facilities 28 Appeal Board . . . . !. " 10 Poles and Wire ' • • • • • 2 9 Promotion Board Election .. '' 1Q j New Zealand Submarine Cables .. 30 Departmental Correspondence School .. 10 ~P enln | Radio-telephone Scrvice 30 Examinations., 10 Loss of R ' M - S " Tahiti": Assistance Post and Telegraph Officers' Guild .' 10 w rendered h J d T IO Stations .. .. 30 Stores Branch .. 16 Emergency Radio Installations .. .. 31 Workshops .. ' " " 17 Dlre ct Short-wave Radio Service with RaroLand " " " -. tonga Radio: Reduction in Rates .. 31 Departmental Motor-vehicles !! " 18 New Zealand Radio Stations .. 3 1 Suggestions Board .. 1« Ra dio Telegraphic Charges on Messages to Increase in Postage Rates 19 from Vessels belonging to New Zealand Destruction of Postal Van by Fire .. 20 '+V t v " " Carriage of Mails by Rail .. 20 8 Ship-stataon, Licenses . 32 Onehunga- New Plymouth Mail-service ..' 21 Exchange SysLoss of Mail-steamer "Tahiti" .. .21 tvu l Air Mails .... 90 telephone Statistics .. .. 33 Postage-stamps .. " 22 p Ut ° matlc Telephone Exchanges .. 35 Postal Stationery .. " "22 T f pW RentaJs . . .. 36 ATow t> + 1 n " " Publishing of Telephone Directories 36 New Postal Convention .. 23 Telephone Exchange Service : Term of Con-Parcel-post Service with Canada .. 23 tract qc Decentralization of Postmen at Wellington 23 Telephone Exchange Connections': Reduc'mployment of partially disabled Returned tion of Service Connection Fee in Certain (Skiers as Part-time Postmen .. 23 Circumstances .. .. ..36 Householder Circular Scheme .. 23 Special Telephone Exchange Attendance on plirrl') 0 1011 f p'\ nffi -d •' ' " 23 Sundays and Holidays during Summer Burglary of Post Office Premises .. 23 Months .. .. 3P A i ellV f ed f t .1' TT 24 Fire-alarm Telephone Circuits: Listing by Average Number of Letters posted per Unit ; Telephone Authorities .. 36 of Population .. .. .. 24 I Loud-ringing Extension Bells . . . . 36

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