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INCREASED SERVICE.
The Post Master General announces
that there will be no reduction in tele
phone charges but . that there will be
given a more efficient service. One
wonders whether that' will be the gist
of the policy right throughout the de
partment. The people are rightly ask
ing for something for the profit that is
V-einii made for the department, and
they would n6t mind continuing to
pay the present postal telegraphic and
telephone rate if they got an increased
return for their money. If the profit
is to be spent in giving a more efficient
service, the public can feel that they
are not paying through this depart
ment for the upkeep of other nonpay
ing and often useless ones. There is
no doubt that the service given can foe
greatly increased and unproved in all
its branches, but the aim of such a de
partment should be twofold. It should
not be only an efficient service at any
cost It should be an efficient and
cheap service, or at least a service at
a reasonable cost. There is a great
need of speeding up in the 'telephone
department, and with regard to new
services this is recognised by= the de
partment. There is also a need of
speeding up in the dispatch and receipt
of calls on the telephone' and also with'
the telegraphic depifttmerit. With re
.-?ard to the postal service a much more
frequent service is desirable and in
view of the profits being made it is
not impracticable. The number of
?oostal pitlars in the suburbs could
easily be increased without much in
crease in the annual outlay, and with
-rreat convenience to the public. But
Iwtter still with regard to this branch
would be a reduction of the rate. No
doubt the G.P.O. in Adelaide is at a
disadvantage owing to rebuilding, but
the public counters lifted to be extend
ed so that more prompt attention can
be given. If efficiency is to be the de
partment's slogan, there are any num
ber of things to be done, ' but even
v/htle this is a laudable aim they should
not forget that there is a need for re
duction of rates, so that the service
yiven can be put to a 'profitable end.
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