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Show SPANISH POSTAL SERVjCERAPPED ! M . Dr. I D, Oct 80. (Correspondence of the. Associated Press;) The postal nnd telegraph service in Spain is I sharply criticized In some newspapers j El siol asserts that the s.-r n e has I reached such' an extreme limit of disorganization dis-organization as never hitherto existed, exist-ed, due to bting undermanned by fif-ty fif-ty per cent. 1 It mentions several cities of 20.000 inhabitants as huvlng only one office , employe ftnd declares the postal lagenls at the railroad stations are BO few that private firms are compelled ito send their own men lo take the packages from the trains. It points out that lines of stamp buyers mn be seen In ever postof-flce, postof-flce, as there is not sufficient personnel person-nel to serve the customers. iii,. writer averts thai the majority of the letter carriers receive a wage of only 36f pesetas a year, although their average round dally in the country coun-try dlstrh is r ki i-eds 20 miles a man. I (A peseta ;s normally worth about 20 icents i |