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From May Singapore s postmen will take Saturdays off in response to falling mail volumes.
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Postmen who accept traditional Christmas tips have been warned they could face bribery charges.
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"Postmen and women have worked exceptionally hard to deliver a better service, " a spokesman said.
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Between 2003 and 2004, 620 postmen were attacked by animals in Wales.
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The second quintile also includes many public sector employees: postmen, teachers etc. who are going to be devastated by staff cuts.
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Remembering the day her home was engulfed with water, Mrs Williams said the alarm was raised at about 07:00 GMT by postmen.
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The company said the changes which had been made still "enabled postmen to finish prior to the time to which they were paid".
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Postmen, whose encyclopaedic knowledge of their neighbourhood had long been the backbone of mail distribution, had lost track of their flock during the fighting.
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"The new equipment - large and small trolleys and small vans - also reduces the risk of injury to our postmen and women from carrying heavier mail bags, " the spokesman added.
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Andy Jehan said postmen and women in Jersey were likely to walk 5, 000 miles and cycle the equivalent of three and a half Tours de France to deliver mail up to Christmas.
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According to the CWU postal union, 23, 000 postmen and women have been attacked by dogs in the last five years, with as many as 70% of these attacks taking place on private property.
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In the group stages of the 1950 World Cup finals in Brazil, center back Walter Bahr marshaled his collection of semi-professionals (mainly postmen and miners) to a 1-0 victory against arguably the best team in the world: England.
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