THE POST OFFICE.
[To the Editor of the SpnerNron.]
Sus,—In reference to your remarks on page 537 of your issue of October 18th you say nothing about the diminished services of the Post Office in its primary duty of conveying and deliver- ing letters and other missives. It seems to me that in this respect it has gone back about fifty years in its efficiency. Before the War I could post letters up till eleven p.m. near my residence in Newcastle-on-Tyne, knowing they would be delivered in (say) the City of London before noon of the, following day, and in other parts of London in the course of the afternoon. Similarly, such letters would reach neighbour- ing towns for first delivery on the following day. Now all correspondence has to be in the pillar-box by eight p.m., even for the Newcastle area itself.
In many of the towns having- train connexions with New- castle as a centre, letter-boxes were provided at the railway stations and cleared for the last train in. All this is done away with. At week-ends letters are not sent out after about two p.m. on the Saturday, so that we have from that time until Monday morning without a postal delivery. I have little doubt that other places with which I am less familiar are similarly served. In fact, it is " the Staff " which now has first consideration, not " the public." Witness also the curtailment of facilities at Bank holidays and local holidays.—
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