The Archive · 1924

Miscellaneous

Twelve extra pillar and wall boxes wore erected in the Colony during jineluding three in the: New Tertitory. A courier serviey was also instituted in the Territory.

'Ihe Postmaster General, Mr. E. Lindsell, notes: The' "exirapostal correspondences" mentioned in the 1922 report have been of muen|€xPk the same type. Te included one te-Guest from a lady in Berlin to be ied ith one Chinese. stamp (rinsed) "of every" denomination current, for which she enclosed pay mont la the shape of a 1000 mark Apstinal, Wen Shu-teh, reports a {Tsingtao telegram, has "contracted to -purchase five submarines. from America at: the price of "$100,000 each. He certainly needs a few modern units for his fleet, But where is the money to come from? At present there are insufficient vessels. funds available to repair the old

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