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PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS RUSH AT POST OFFICE

ALL WICKETS TO BE OPEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON UNITL 6 P.M.

OVERSEAS MAIL SHOULD BE POSTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON DECEMBER 3

[The Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 27 November 1931]

All wickets of the Welland post office will be open Saturday afternoon unitl 6 p.m. commencing tomorrow unitl the last Saturday of the year to meet the expected Christmas mad rush, Postmaster W.H. Moore said today. This will include the money order registration, stamps and parcel wickets.

Christmas letters for overseas points should be mailed not later than 3.30 p.m. on Thursday, December 3rd from Welland in time to go by the S.S. Montclare from St. Johns and Halifax.

Postmaster Moore urges the public to send out their Christmas and New Years mail at the earliest possible moment to ensure of its reaching its destination in time, and also to better assist the post office staff in the handling of huge quantities of letters and parcels anticipated during the next few weeks.

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