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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1930.

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WEEKLY NOTES FOR -COLLECTORS.

PEOPLE WHO POST JUST IN TIME!"

Pillar-boxes established in the Colony have never been a success, and furthermore it is believed have never been resorted to with any amount of satisfaction anywhere, in the East. When there was only one

THE USE OF PILLAR-BOXES. bax in Bonham Strand, and that

[BY "W.S."]

was cleared but once a day, the collections averaged about 00 letters a week, almost all on mail day. With the removal of the box to the Harbour Office, and its clearance three times a day, the number of letters dwindled to less than half! One will naturally say that there must have been a reason for this.

This week I propose to devote a little attention to matters not strictly philatelic, though of interest I hope to those who read this column, since the subjects dealt with are directly concerned with True, and the reason is obvious, as before the extension of mail- postal affairs.

The extension of hours for post-hours, which took place about the ing in Hong Kong-allowed (as same time, half an hour longer was mentioned. last week) by the new given at the pillar-box, free of late- order of things brought about by fee, than was given at the Post the Treaty of Berne-proved a boon Oce. Directly this was altered to many business firms, but although the number of letters posted fell

the hours were appreciably extend-off, showing that it was preferred ed there were still those who, some to bring "correspondence to the by legitimate force of circumstances, general office. but mere by utter disregard for any inconvenience caused, so long as they were "just in time," made it necessary still to impose the late fee after a certain hour before the

Some interesting Statistics. In a period of more than six months only 1,045 articles of all kinds, mostly, letters, were posted

HONGKONG HOTEL packet left. If the mail packet was at the two pillar-boxes, viz, Har-

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a.m.-Mails closed, except for

late letters. -Letters could be posted with-late fee of 18 cents until

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bour Office and Sai Ying Pun police- station, or an average of only four lettere a day each. Jumping a period of thirty-two years to the year 1911, we find that the number of articles collected from pillar- boxes is 623. a day: from all the -The Post Office would boxes erected, and allowing propor-

close entirely. -Late letters could" be Fosted on board the packet with late fee of 18 cents until time of de- parture.

Benefits of Late Fee System. Some Continental Post Offices

tionately for another nineteen years to bring us down to date, the num ber would be 998 articles per day for all the boxes at present adorn- ing our picturesque Colony.

Allowing that every letter bears

a four-cent atamp, which is doubi-

were of the "opinion, that the ful, the amount $39.84, would not British system of late fees was in-pay the wages of the postmen who defensible, if not illegal. It may be collect them, leave alone the sort doubted whether those offices evering, chopping, mailing, and deliver- permitted even ordinary posting ing.

up to hours anything like so late As it was the practice to allow in British offices.

Now, let us take this Colony as

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an example. If everybody were upon to show some appreciation of PRINCE'S CAFE

allowed to go on posting up to the last moment possible, it might have been practicable to keep the office open for ordinary correspondence five minutes longer than it was kept open, and probably nine-tenths of the matter thrown upon the Post Office Department during that five minutes could just as well have been posted two or three days before. By the imposition of a late fee, the

In calling on the powers-that-bo to provide improved postal facilities, it appears that the demand should be reversed and the public called facilities given by the powers-that be. If one is to gain knowledge from the effort, it would not be waste of time to watch the specta cular display at the General Post Office on mail days to give some idea of the Postal Administration's anxiety to meet the demands of a public which puts off till to-morrow what might better be done to-day.

"Mother, shall I run out and 80, DES VIEUX ROAD WEST. TEL. 25973 merchant and the banker gained

half an hour to finish and close drop your letter in the pillar-box? their important despatches. That asked a little girl of six years. "No, child, certainly not. It's

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pouring in torrents, and not fit for

A dog to be out of doors. Your father will go."

Something of the romance and Not only the just in time." offenders, but the conservation of tragedy which have been insepar the major portion of the letter able from man's conquest of the air posting public, made the modifica attaches to the world's first loan tions of mail-hours introduced, most exhibition of air stamps and covers, A certain recently held at the Old Bond difficult to maintain. tenacity of old custom existed which Street Galleries, W. Some of the made the situation extremely diexhibits bear marks of fire and ficult. When the rates of postage water-grim reminders of the fate. by French packet were almost pro that has been the lot of many hibitive, and advanced by a per gallant pioneers of the air. The plexing quarter-ounce unit, are names and exploits of such intrepid solution never to write by that airmen as Gustav Hamel, Claude packet was intelligible and could Grahamn-White, Harry Hawker, Sir be received as justified, but when Ross Smith, Sir John. Alcock, Sir it became the cheaper and the Alan Cobham, Col. Lindbergh, and quicker opportunity, the slogan, a host of others are linked up with I never write by French Packet this fascinating collection. In the certainly seemed absurd and hard exhibits may be read the enthralling to understand But the fact re-story of the development of the

GERMAN ATTEMPT IN LIGHT mained, which reasonably aroused transport of mails by air from the the ire of those responsible for balloon-posta as far back as the packing and transporting the mails, siege of Paris in 1870-71 to the since they were forced to work with world's longest air-mail line be- almost superhuman effort to accom tween New York and Buenos Aires, plish the task in time to catch the opened only this year, British packet, by which so many chose to send their letters, etc.

Berlin, July-The two airmen Hirth and Weller arrived at Cologne to-day on the first lap of their intended trans-Atlantic fight in easy stages in their light Klemm 'plase with a 40 h.p. motor.

Are Fillar-Boxes Appreciated

"Guatemala producca the best

coffee

visit my intention to refer tione in the world, is the inscrip to pillar-boxes at this point of the which that country his retest postal survey, but having read an issued.. This is in English, and wil article which appeared in last be a first-class advertisement, since Sunday's Herald under the heading, most of the stamps will be used on

Pillar-Boxes wanted Abletters to the United States. surd Position," it seems opportune

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Their next stopping place will be London, Thence they intend to fly vid the Orkneys, Iceland and Greenland to Labrador. Eixth who is a well known glider pilot, has accepted an invitation from the United States Glider Association to to relate a few points of interest: A very fine series of stamps has act as an instructor. The venture which will give a fairly good idea been just issued in Spain to mark was apparently carefully planned of a situation which, from the the centenary of the birth of Fran and rehearsed but nevertheless is general attitude of the public, has cisco de Goya, the famous painter and engraver: The designers in- considered extremely hazardous never changed since the plane ir nomer byty peda ti to sinest impossible to predictclude portraits of the artist and with radio not, with a collapsible whether any given postal arrange beautifully reproduced matures of rubber bost, as all available space mont will be actually led his en of his well-known pictures. was sacrificed for a larger fuel or not. Sometimes facilities which The numbers of these clamps Teen supply which gives the plane might be expected to be welconie varies from 213,000 to 0,800, and cruising radius of nearly 2,000 kilo to everybody are received by the they are likely to be quickly taken $15.00 for a year. metcen. Hirth in moreover handi- public with absolute indifference up by collectors. Some of the issues are printed in two colours, and the capped by an artificial leg in con- and neglect, whilst at other times sequence of fojuries received in the some trifling concession, about whole scries in a raost attractive

which nobody was supposed to care, l'one

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