Show WAR HAS EFFECT ON FRENCH POSTOFFICE PARIS PARS July Tuly 3 Var 3 Wa 3 War has haa hf had contrary con con- on tho the postal service of ot Prance Franco ranc Obstructions to commerce and Industry resulted in a n great Grat de- de in business correspondence Lut but this 1 Is more than compensated by the Increase In personal letters leter be between be- be tween members of ot dispersed families and amid nd tho soldiers and their relative s In a single day the tho postal pORtal department department depart depart- mont ment ment handled handle letters Jeters O- O 1 letters loters and packages 1 newspapers and postal orders Tho The volume of ot matter has steadily stealy increased since sinco December But the moratorium tho the closing cosing of ofa ofa ofa a number of ot financial establishments and Ind the suppression of discount has also turned a great flood food of ot collection tion ton business to the tho postal depart depart- ment Natural Naturally dead letters leters have also largely Increased partly party through the Impossibility of ot delivering letters or packages to their destination but largely on account of ot defective ad ad- ad dresses Between December 4 1914 and la May K 5 I last lat letters and nd nearly nearl packages were thrown Into tho the refuse heap Among the letters that h have ve gone to the doad dead letter office during that time were found lank fank bills to the amount of ot francs of ot which tho the depart depart- depart depart- l ment mont has hae bec been able to return to tu Its He owners only about francs franca |