The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 1 (May 1, 1933)
Walks of Life
Walks of Life.
The daily postman! How welcome he is! What a human link! The average person is rather scared of a telegram, but a letter may raise hope of a gladsome surprise. It may be a winning ticket in a lottery or a favourable reply to a request for something good. Recognition of the writing of a loved relative or friend promotes pleasant thoughts while the envelope is being opened.
On many thousands of streets and roads of New Zealand, every day, in all weathers, the postmen go their rounds, known as “walks.” In Wellington City alone there are seventy of these “walks.”