Show CHRISTMAS lAS Af A r F THE LIVERPOOL i The fhe rh Liverpool one erie on of the tIme Institutions of ot Its lie kind In lit the thu world wor since It handled wall malt mutter matter brought In and taken token out by b the tho steam sIenna steamers ers epI plying to tu and from that port pott Is ta 11 fL mott Interesting Int place to visit ut at Christ Christmas t molt lUllS time It may to be well to note that tile the has us as Its It Mr H ii M u II capable pains painstaking taking inking who has hams teen been connect connected ed the tho Institution for tor many years year Mr Ir Is III well known to 10 people front from time the fuel fact that thiat for or a II number of ot years yeats punt pUll he lie has hilI been beell president of ot the Liverpool of tho the Church ot of otJe Je Jells Christ of or Saints and andIn anti In title Ihl capacity line has met inlet many of or th tho 1 and palling from that port fort for fur the tho States State That the Is III s well tech conducted under Its present Is evident front from the following taken train horn a II late of ot the Liverpool Dolly Dally Post lu t and nM Men Moi cury eury cur curA A Dally Post nail and Mercury represent ent who has of ot the LAv c 1111 at lit CHii hi both before lefure the removal from Can Uan amid ever sinCe the Vic Vi office was tram opened la is II struck by IJ two tact facts First the steady of or the work stork secondly the growth of ot the th organization by which the tho enormous tusk task has hll been mind and again overtaken During the time lust last neen years ago ugo at lit Cunning place the old rooms were vere almost with sacks of ot letters and of or parcels the limited floor since apace nut not nt allowing nn nil adequate staff 10 tu ha he set let to work to cove cope nile with the rapid ra phi accumulation which late on the Saturday flowed until the American Inward bugs bags were plied piled high In the yard The Tue trans traus tel en to 10 Victoria street enabled the postmaster IO of or Liverpool Mr Mv F 0 Salts Sails bury an his stuff staff tuf to Introduce new methods and to augment the tho auxiliary stuff staff HO tie that although there Is I evl evi evidence dence demice nt ot the modern building soon de demanding manding enlargement or other relief relict the thu th Christmas work vork can be lie kept un underhand In n a way not practicable to the last lat at nt The comparison OIl redounds the more to the credit of or the superintendence and staff when It I Is remembered that each year the sorting for tor or distant places become lucre detailed Letters for London are In streets instead of at being sent an as aforetime en masse mane to tl the metro metropolis polls polis mud find the same Kime detailed sortIng Is actually performed for tor Isle of oJ Man Ian Further the local and other dispatches are accelerated and Ind In Inmany Inmany many litany cases clue multiplied NOTES AMONG TilE THE Lot Let us take tako a 1 tour under tinder expert con com conduct mulct duct of or time the various departments and make malic notes by the way At the tho stump counter count r one tine learns Icarus that the receipts for Cor or stamps this Christmas exceed last sea season e son mien by hy the being elite chief chiefly ly I In iii halfpenny stomps which more mire Christmas curds carmle and picture post curds or n it maximum of extra labor for fortha forthe the tha Stile mile of or stamps While Willo the public shows how a I p hilt out certain education In III the tho habit of or post 1111 canty unit parcels early earl tho tile commercial houses 1 seem cern not 1101 to eon con hiller blier lit at Cal at el mind late In Ii largo large while HH us II u foretaste of ot the general Renera I po go o to the electors of ot Liverpool amid the crush of at the Christmas Chr malls matin Christmas eve eu lulu hlll extended over oler three days duys this year witnessing the greatest dispatch for home Saturday the greatest arrivals antI and Sunday that Is In yesterday tha weight of purely local post postings postings ings for tor Christmas day SPECIAL DEL Special deliveries of lit both bolh parcels mOld and letters are tiro being continued dally dull over today nod R nd tomorrow bank bauk holiday The Fhe fh Inland parcels establish another record III In weight while I e by hy letter post grow Brow by leaps mutt bounds Among the wreckage from remit th the parcels parcel department nt nrc arc ob oh observed served heaps of ot damaged wrappers which have lost their labels while so lii till far mu as ann the contents were have been Bold so the tho receipts tees less com cent commission commission mission being hell payable able to tl the thC ad nd ec on demand The man mail who grumbles les that only say suy Is 61 net re remains mains to his credit III In place of lit his ex cx expected turkey or goose goone must auk ask the tho sender to pack and label more ly Iy In As ss tho privileged privIlege visitor pusses through tong lung corridor lor and countless lines lIlies of Ctr sorting tables he learns that the thu ordinary staff has haa been strengthened by J 1000 auxiliarIes many I I being drawn from rob the thc ranks of or the tbt un tin unemployed employed Tho rho clockwork regularity of the operations and the tho barrenness of ot many nullity or at the time tables betoken how well lIell tutu the gigantic task our tour lour I Is III at lit a n time of ot heavy hel heftS strain has hall been Jeen kept In lit hand handA A 4 DAYS D YS ALIMENT Nearly 1000 free Creo meals me nrc being belli served In the day nay to 10 the extra mind and overtime hands which do tb not hot Include tiny liny and amid who are lire closely though not lIot excessively cm A glanco at ut It days dietary U is I interestIng Tube Thin Includes 1200 Ibs of ot beef beer hut hot for tor dinner and amid colt cold for tor tea tOil supper 0 of ot potatoes 36 score of or carrots tint turnips 30 O dozen cabbages S of or bread 11 lbs bs 8 of butter lbs Ibs Ib of at ham 30 Ibs lbs of nC often ten All 11 that remains Is tent lent to the Food utah and association I livery I er few tew hours the are arc sprinkled I I with iv IL refreshing disinfectant and auth a n medical I Is la met Inspecting ng gen gent unit und testing te tho the temperature AND AiD TRANSIT TRANSITA I A few tew minutes Interval Inte 10 I III In the yard find the tho contractor COli tractor rejoicing at ut the ab selice nc of fog tal and slight teat frost together with the tho good work by the light delivery a it l novel noel acquisition which has greatly facilitated Inter Intercommunication communication with the branch The of ot Liverpool has con consistently held that postal work ought not pot to 10 depend on hor vehicles s nut he III Is being steadily encouraged III In tho tile substitution of at vans arid ant other vehicle In hilly Liver Liverpool pool the hor horse hore e must often otten be bo found at nt fault alit In Imi comparison with tho the never wearying motor FROM I HO 1 TIlE CAPI A 4 sudden Incursion ot or a truck Into tim the th great greult totting sortIng hall attracted notice In Iii a II trice twentysix t bags JaRs are arc counted off orf on Oil the counters emptied and tint their contents rapidly The Tue Liver Liverpool pool section of ot the South African mall mallox ox IX Castle Pastle Southampton und anti via Western e Traveling ex cx explains plains the cicerone As Ant the sacks acks pass pans the time eye eyo reads III In 1 po Town Durban Johannesburg Pleter Pretoria these thes that peace still 1111 reigns In South Houth ant and thul that Briton Brilon anti and Hoer Hoe I are fraternizing with each other and anti the tho rest of the empire through the p An Mi the sacks lacks discharge their contents j the bystander thinks that South ca appreciates al the Iho picture pic lure postcard 1 t telen even elen more generally titan than England Public buildings rural scenes coast views View and hundreds s of ot natives singly and In tnt groups group have been photographed and colored for tor the cards which come with Christmas ChrI tIll l greeting from the friends frienda beneath the tho Southern Cross Cros i i What nn nil album could be collected eole te 1 In III five IIvo minutes If It the passive observer hail had i liberty to select but of at course he lie dare not and certainly would not even Iven touch the counter AS A CIVIL SER SEII VANT YANT In passing It III IA seen Been that the small cauldrons ot or bubbling red wax are aro that pieces of ot twine flung on the tho floor noor are collected with rakes makes to avoid tho the raising of or dust dusti and amid that even a longtime superintendent of tit the regards with astonish astonishment astonishment ment the rapid growth of vr the Winni Winnipeg peg and Japanese parcels Km lm Em can regard with joy the remarkable development of ot the Cana Canadian dian parcels mall mail Among the many evidences of oC expansion this parcel bust busl bustness ness rices with Canada Cando stands out prominently nellt By fly the way the declared value tar far below the real value of par liar parcels eels cels dispatched at ut Liverpool and amid re me received from rota places abroad during the tho th current year ear reaches nearly These later notes are made while en route roule to 10 the tho stamper which Manchester has adopted after LIver pouts pools pioneer example In tn this anti nl III also BO so let us remark the that telegraph boys bo s Institute The electric stamper slam per deals with lIh letters per minute us as compared with the hand stampers U It the public will wilt learn not to 10 begin the ad at address dress of or a n letter within an Hn Inch or on an anInch anInch aninch Inch and amid a half of or the tIle top of pt the cove enve envelope lope these electrical al civil servants will vIll act with more complete satisfaction STRIKING Here are lIre In a II few tew paragraphs some remarkable statistics at the Liverpool Letter Ietter malls mails received tram from rein United Unite States and Canada December per Cedric landed Jamed at Queens Queenstown town December per 1 OlD OtO Ol December per Baltic 1550 1 50 minuet landed at nl queenstown ln route since landed salted sailed from froni New York December 16 American Lute Line boat left same day clay 52 bags allI Majestic sailed nailed from New iel York Dec 30 duo dull on out Wednesday Letter I malls mull to United States and Canada dispatched from rein Liverpool very ery more bags from all alt parts of or the kingdom put aboard at itt December IMS 1005 1881 isri bags corresponding mull maul 1034 December 1305 1905 1168 1166 corresponding mall mail 1901 1904 1200 The Tho falling failing oft hero here Is accounted for fOl by the tho tact fact that the malls from remit the continent were Welo dis dispatched dl patched via Southampton De Dc December December cember 1905 1105 2012 bags bais corresponding mall 1901 1001 1231 1251 Christmas letter mall mail for West Vest Coast of Africa 1905 1005 m lugs bags 1901 1904 Parcel malls snaIls received Ex Virginian tram from rein Canada on December parcel ex cx Baltic from New Ne York on 2181 December A A very Yen large largo unreel parcel mall malt from Canada amid Japan JapIn will with arrive per ncr Tunisian the lust Kach parcel to and nut tram from rota abroad has hUllo to be specially treated and anti all from ruin abroad are examined by officers from H It M customs Parcel mulls mull to Canada lUh Decent hem bei Jel 1905 1651 parcels corresponding mall malt last year roar oar December 1 last year Parcel malls mails to tm United States December 1905 1105 2371 2311 parcels corres corresponding mall mail last year 1372 De Dc December December cember 1905 1318 1313 last lost year Christmas parcel malls mails to West Vest Coast Toast of oC Africa 1905 1151 1601 1901 m ID III not out our a 11 great commer commercial cial chit ami anil international school 7 |