HC Deb 30 March 1965 vol 709 cc207-8W
Mr. McBride

asked the Postmaster-General if he will state the number and location of additional machines installed for the speedier handling of mail in Wales in the years 1963 and 1964, and the number and location of such machines to be installed in the years 1965 and 1966.

Mr. Joseph Slater

The information for Wales and Monmouthshire is as follows:

Type of machine Number installed Locations
1963–64
Stamp cancelling machines 3 Bethesda, Betws-Y-Coed and Corwen
Chain conveyor installation 1 Carmarthen
1964–65
Stamp cancelling machines 1 Usk, Mon.
Mobile loading conveyor 1 Newport, Mon.
Mechanised facing table 1 Wrexham
Chain conveyor installations 2 Cardiff (Hayes Branch Post Office), Neath
1965–66
Mobile loading conveyor 1 Cardiff
1966–67
Bag folding/tying machines and feed conveyors 1 Cardiff
Chain conveyor: sorting office to station 1 Newport, Mon.
Internal chain conveyor installations 2 Newport and Swansea
Mechanised bag opening table 2 Newport and Swansea
Tilted belt parcel sorting machine 1 Newport
Posting box conveyor 1 Swansea
Letter and packet segregating machine 1 Swansea
Automatic letter facing machine 1 Swansea