Hebrides
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Postal Facilities In New
JN a letter to the Editor of the Pacific Islands Monthly, a well-known re sident of the New Hebrides complains of the lack of facilities in the group for ob taining postal notes and money orders.
He says: “Although for many years it has been possible to obtain on the French inter-island steamer Bucephale a Mandat de Poste to France or any of the French colonies, there is no such service to any British possession, even at the Post Office in Vila. Furthermore, though Burns, Philp and Co’s inter-island vessel Mirani delivers registered letters, outgoing let ters cannot be registered on board her.
They have to be entrusted to the super cargo who delivers them for registration in Vila.
“To isolated settlers in the Group this practice is very strange in view of the fact the B.P. receive an annual subsidy for the carriage of mails. Inquiries have been made at the company’s offices, but they put the blame on the Condominium’s postal service.”