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TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1978

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NEW PACKING REGULATIONS FOR POSTAL PARCELS

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THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT CERTAIN NEW PACKING REGULATIONS FOR POSTAL PARCELS POSTED IN WOODEN OR METAL BOXES WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM JULY 1.

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UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS, THE CORNERS AND EDGES OF THE WOODEN OR METAL BOX WHICH IS USED FOR CONTAINING ANYTHING SENT BY POST MUST BE PADDED SO THAT THEY WILL NOT DAMAGE OTHER POSTAL PACKETS OR CAUSE INJURY TO POSTAL STAFF IN HANDLING THEM.

THE BOX MUST THEN BE SECURELY WRAPPED IN SOME TEXTILE SUCH

AS HESSIAN OR SACKING.

ALTERNATIVELY, A PAPER WRAPPING MAY BE USED PROVIDING THE BOX IS FULLY COVERED WITH A PROTECTIVE LAYER OF CORRUGATED CARDBOARD.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID THE NEW REGULATIONS ARE NECESSARY IN VIEW OF THE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE CAUSED TO POSTAL MACHINERY BY PARCELS POSTED IN WOODEN OR METAL BOXES AND THE POSSIBLE INJURY TO POSTAL STAFF BOTH IN THE MECHANICAL AND MANUAL HANDLING OF THOSE ITEMS.

+AS FROM THAT DATE, A PARCEL IN THE FORM OF WOODEN OR METAL BOX WHICH IS NOT PACKED IN THE PRESCRIBED MANNER UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR POSTING,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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