Mr. Gilmourasked the Postmaster-General what plans the Post Office has for a wide-scale payment of wages through the Giro system; and what assessment has been made of the strain this would place on counter services.
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§ Mr. Edward ShortThe Post Office has always envisaged that Giro would be an attractive service for the payment of wages but employers are being encouraged to plan their use of the service in such a way as to avoid overburdening Post Office counters. It is estimated that the net increase in counter work as a result of Giro will be less than 5 per cent. It is not possible to say how much of this increase will be the effect of using Giro to pay wages.