Glue On The Stamps
p. 75 · Read in the full issue
Cheaper Radios And More
Post Office Reorganisation In Cook Islands
From Our Mangaia Correspondent THE unpleasant discovery of the pre sent NZ Government, when it took over from the Labour rulers, that the Post Office was seriously “in the red,” resulted in changes in the Cl post-offices, a new charge-schedule being put into operation.
Parcels are dearer than they were, as are packet-mail rates; but on the other hand, inter-island radios may now be sent at 3d. a word, and CI-NZ messages at 6d —a great reduction on the former scale of charges. In the main, things are about as they were before; the reduction on radio messages offsets the increase on parcels, etc.
Here at Mangaia, the local Post Office has been renovated, and the internal ar rangements reverted to the set-up of 1935; the result is less room for the customers, but ample space for the sorters, formerly working under rather cramped conditions.
Supplies of stamps have been received, backed with gum of such good quality that they will stick to an envelope. It is stated that this is the first time since Annexa tion such a happening has occurred!