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THE ADMINISOF SIR LESINo. 12.—THE PCSpecially Written for the “GM.L.CThe head of the Post Office Depart-scsi!inte!felt;mifothnoIh[ment is the Hon. Ellis Wolfe. A gentleman, he is very obliging, very I Ei pleasant, most courteous. He has witnessed great improvements in his department while he reigned. Tfte “soul of the Department is, however, his deputy. Mr. Fletcher. He has a remarkable genius for his, work. This is another department which owes a lot to the administration of Sir LeslieProbyn, It is one of our most useful j be departments but up to the advent ot • bu Sir Leslie had certainly not reached j th that standard where as a utility de-! re partment it came within the reach of1 an all. It was always very much crltl- er cised. Year after year jt was more pr and more realized that as the business j po of the bigger man grew, and as the education of the smaller man improv*med, developments in connection withjth the Post Office were needed so as to if make it more nearly, or fully, serve ot! the demands and requirements of the , felt; present day. Business was developing j ne in every direction. The fruit business ; nu had increased tremendously, and owing j th to the increased cultivation centres | were established in the lntefeiatwlrlor, and agencies opened in the hin terlands which called for the estab- 1111 llshment of post offices, of telegraph or telephone stations. The absence of these had on various occasions caused jneTrdelay resulting in losses to growers and buyers. Trade had also extended in other directions and shops were being daily opened in the back lands. As the agencies of civilisation advancedand the education of people developedIs;tilliden9withey naturally called for those thingscain,which make life tolerable to the edu- #' la!cated and civilized being. They de■ |sired to be placed in a position where ofthey could get their newspaper daily and carry on rapid business communications. The administrations of theth £ th M: de Usislcopast acknowledged their just claims, commended their laudable desires, but declared themselves impotent, the revenues of the country not allowing development fn this direction. Only in cams where some rich man, or politi- i pr dan, was able to pull the strings was,0* the rovenue compelled to give up enot^h to open a Post Office or to establish. A telegraph, station. So when Sir Leslie ca:no-on the scene with his pi nmtsM-of a^paradLse, districts began to petition their representatives and they in turn to press the Government for improvements. The Post Masteran ou th br be ahpiananamfor Jamaica was then in anything but a happy state of mind. Post Mistresses were leaving the service every day arid telegraph clerks were weekly bidding him goodbye. Luckily he has an- Cc other able lieutenant, Mr. Guilfoyle, the Superintendent of Telegraphs. Learners were rushed to the training
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Kingston Daily Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Wed, May 21, 1924
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