Pasties in New Guinea Unnecessary,

Not Wanted

According to the Papua-New Guinea Director of Posts and 'elegravh*, Mr. W. Carter, Territorians are not anxious for door-to oor mail deliveries. They are quite happy to have them directed o the post office box of their place of business, where they are icked up by messengers. Wives are content to wait till Pop brings ome the mail at lunch time.

There has been a campaign for years for mail deliveries in Suva, nd recently it was suggested that it might be a good thing for -NG towns.

But, says Mr. Carter, the P & T Dept, there can’t afford Euro ean postmen—and when they find native employees who can read hey have far more important jobs for them to do than tramping round delivering letters.