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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH, 1925

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Cowans was dead I was travelling in n Hammersmith bus, and sat behind two working men, writes Plomer" in the Sporting Times.

said one to the other, "Jack dead,' 40's be

"said the firet,e's the bloke wot saw we get our drop of rum before we went over."

CHRISTMAS POST DELAYS,

G.P.O. APOLOGIA, MISTAKE IN STACKING OF BAGS.

The General Post Office on the 1st ult issued an apologia for the delay in deal. ing with Christmas letters and parcels, about which many complaints have been It published in the London papers,

states:

This year the number of letters and parcels which suffered abnormal, delay was admittedly much greater than usual, and the inconvenience to the recipients is sincerely regretted.

That was not only a magnificent

The unusual delay was primarily due tribute to a great man; it was also good testimony of the thorough-going man to two causes: (1) the phenomenal in- der in which he saw that even the hum-crease this Christmas in the posting both blest fighting-man got his share of what was going.

1923.

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1924.

of letters and parcels, and (2) the neglect of a large section of the public to act upon the advice given them to post early. INADEQUATELY REWARDED.'

The following figures show the increase Major D. Chapman-Huston and Ma- jor Owen Rutter, the authors of Gener in the Christmas traffic in Central Loa

terdon (excluding the suburbs) as al Sir John Cowana, the Quarter futch pared with Christmas 1923 General of the Great War. insons, 2 vols., 49s.), have done well with the mass of material at their disposal. öf the study wonderful They give us A

Field-Marses Sir mar who (quoting William Robertson) equipped our Army as it had never been equipped before; and the result of their work must still leave the world in amazement that Cowans was inadequately rewarded for the aplendid services he rendered to his country.

There was one semi-official criticism of Sir John (Which the authors quote) which to my mind gives away the secret of at least some of his success at the War Office. It was penned by Major- General Sir Thomas Battersby, who

wrote:-

Sir John Cowans was uniformly most kind,"

but I am bound to say that, to my mind. a great change for the worse bad taken place at the War- Olice vince Sir Henry Brackenbury's time. The whole tone of the place "sermed to me to have been lowered, "ser would not absolve Sir John Cowens from all blame in the matter. He was, in my opinioh, far too

much induenced by letters and remarks of private persons of his acquaintance, principally ladies In fact, "Dear. Jack" become almost a proverb in the War Office.

Ordinary letters (ex- cluding packets, etc., posted in Central London (3 days be- fore Christmas).... Parcels posted in Cen

7,800,000 10,800,000

tral Londoa (3 days before Christmas)... $44,400 1,110,000 Parcels delivered in

Central London" (Christmas Day and

3 previous days) Parcels bags despatch

ed from London to provinces in Christ- maa week

440,000 500,000

Similar increases were experienced in the foreign mails.

Forcign mails outwards

from London........... Foreign mails received

100,000 230,000

Bags.

7,343

11,522

in London (letters and newspapers) Foreign Parcel mails (in-

wards)

Foreign parcel mails (out-

wards)

11,900

5,713

5,718

8,019

2,733

4.320 30 PER CENT.. INCREASE. Equivalent increases in the Christmas postings are reported from the pro- Only a man with a big brain and a

vinces. Liverpool and Birmingham esti- big personality could have been suc- cessful the while he permitted the officia!ate an increase of 30 per cent., Man- chester 95 per cent, and. Sheffield 20 per severity of War Offee routine to be tem- cent, as compared with 1923. pered by the informality. af human kindness..

LIKE 911 W. K. ROBERTSON,

It was appropriate that Sir William Hobertson should have been invited to contribute the foreword to Cowans' life, for, though not to the same extent,, like the Field Marshal, the latter thad to carve out his own career without the aid of "induence. Cowans father was a Carlisle engineer of middle-class standing; he had no opportunities for intellectual training, and be actise service to big credit.

In Central London over 3,500,000 or- dinary letters were posted on December 23rd, as compared with 2,100,090 in 1923 (December 2nd), and 3,600,000 were posted on December sith, as compared with 2,300,000 in 1923.

In some cases bags received on Decem- bar and were accidentally stacked with these received later; hence letters and parcels posted on December and not being delivered until after Christmas.

The Covered, ou and before Christmas correspondence and parcels actu Day was in excess of the normal increase are based.

romables that within 10 per cent, on which the estimates

limited qualifications, he successfully ad ministered the equipment of an Army of five milions of men, while others with more expert knowledge than he had

previously failed to run Armies of

A quarter-of-a-million?

In London about stco temporary staff were taken on to deal with the.. Christ- mas pressure, or about 800 more than last year.

A larger number could not bave been usefully employed 'owing to the space in the sorting offces being already utilised to the utmost.

Most people will be in active sym pathy

with the biographers in their desire to see some great memorial-a permanent national memorial to this great man who, solely by native gifts of character, capacity and charm carried out

for Britain with consummate success a task that did much to save her from dianster; a man who never failed friend or injured an enemy and who of humble stock became one of the his-with. toric figures of the British Army,"

This biography is a book to be read particularly by young soldiers of no influence and, perhaps. little intel fectual training." for it cannot fail to them in their be an inspiration to ambition to serve the State with dis- tinction.

OFFICERS' PAY IN INDIA, INCREASES AND MARRIED RATES. MESS ALLOWANCE TO RE DOUBLED.

The India Office and the Government of India are, it is understood, consider ing a readjustment of the rates of pay of Army officers in India.

Investigations will be made before next year to ascertain by what means, such as the hiring of additional tempor ary buildings, or the further diversion of mails to less heavily burdened offices, etc., the abnormal increase during Christ. mas time can be more expeditiously dealt

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