It embeds post-office workers deep in local communities, and gives the post-office customer relationships that commercial banks would die for.
"But because of financial pressure on the post office you again turned to dishonesty in an attempt to keep the post office afloat, " said the judge.
Volunteers took it in turns to act as postmistress in the temporary post office, each donating their salary from the post office to the fund-raising effort.
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Eifion Pritchard, chairman of Postwatch Wales, urged the community of Llanfihangel Talyllyn to work closely with the Post Office to try to retain a post office in the village.
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"What makes no sense is that people trust the post office, but they can't open either a basic bank account or a post office card account there, " Ms Hutton said.
Organisers hope to support schemes like the Storth post office project, which saw residents of the South Lakeland village save their post office from closure by turning it into a community run venture.
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They're in charge with running the post office, but yet the Congress, in its wisdom, has tied their hands every which way in order for them to actually run the post office in a revenue neutral way.
The House bill, which allows for more sweeping changes that would enable the post office to cut costs sooner, has met resistance from some lawmakers who are concerned it would lead to slower service and more post-office closings.
There was a secret deciphering office in London, a successor to the Post Office's foreign letter office, and another code-breaking unit in the Admiralty, both of which cracked Napoleon's codes, as did the bureau noir attached to every European government (though the Austrians reckoned their best intelligence came from the emperor's pillow talk).
"Royal Mail has concerns about the working conditions for our four members of staff working in the mail office at Sanquhar Post Office branch, " she said.
As we contemplate the potential demise of the U.S. Post Office, our own office or den may be where we get our magazines in the not-too-distant future.
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She said customers could use other post boxes or the post office in the meantime and that the 11 pillar boxes should be back in use on Tuesday.
South of Scotland MSP Ms McAlpine said that if the office was to close it would mean a post office in Stockholm would become the oldest working facility in the world.
In Manhattan he is one of three developers vying to build a grandiose office tower above New York's new Pennsylvania Station, now the Farley Post Office.
The European Commission launched antitrust investigations into Deutsche Post , Germany's state-run post office.
Meanwhile, strike action by Post Office workers is due to see a city centre office in Cardiff close early on Christmas Eve.
And if you're going to save money by taking services online, that will mean ending some "offline" services - so prepare for the backlash when taxpayers are told they can no longer file their returns via the post, or get a road tax disc at the Post Office.
In response, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe plans to close 3, 700 post offices, many in small rural communities where the local post office is their logistical supply line to the larger world.
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If you mail a payment, drop the bill off at the post office or a secured mail box rather than tossing it in the outgoing office mail.
The Post-Office Girl by Stefan Zweig Christine, a young girl working in a postoffice in post-World War I Austria, has her life transformed when a rich aunt invites her to a resort in the Swiss Alps.
Meanwhile Jersey Post is working with the Association of Jersey Charities to run a charity Christmas card shop at Broad Street Post Office from next Monday until Saturday 17 December.
The post office features a 23-sided Art Deco dome with a fountain at its centre.
Network Rationalization (plant closures) and RAOI (post office branch closures) are not the answer.
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The Post Office said that 97% of branches will be unaffected by the strike.
The Post Office said it was "disappointed" by the outcome of the strike vote.
The distraught 49-year-old woman managed to escape from the burning post office in Eastbourne, East Sussex.
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"We don't want people to live more than a mile from a post office, " she said.
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The robbery took place at East Common Lane Post Office, Scunthorpe on 21 May.
Police are searching for an absconded prisoner after a robbery at a Scunthorpe post office.
Some 100, 000 women were employed by the Post Office at the height of World War II.
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