Suva's Portable
p. 12 · Read in the full issue
Post Office
POSSIBLY it is the expected return to trans-Pacific shipping of the “Aorangi,” announced for August, that has inspired the appearance, on the Suva Wharf, on June 18 (when the “Marine Phoenix” called), of an efficient, movable booth constructed by the Public Works Department to provide postal and banking facilities for passengers in large ships. Post-Office and Bank of New Zealand clerks staffed the booth on the first day.
A year ago Suva people complained that on ship days the General Post Office was so jammed with tourists (mostly buy ing stamps) that no one else could get attention.