The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, AUGUST 30.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 221, 30 August 1878, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, AUGUST 30.

The question e_ additional mail service to Okain's, Le Bon's and Little Akaloa Bays has been on more than one occasion strongly brought forward in this journal, but that apathy which seems to pervade the whole of the Peninsula on matters of even the greatest importance has prevented any action being taken even by the localities themselves most interested in the effecting of such a desirable improvement. It is a question, however, that is not confined in the benefits to be conferred to these Bays alone, but one which-is of interest to the whole district. At the present time the means of communication with these outlying bays have improved so greatly under the supervision of the different Road Boards that there is now iio reason for a refusal to grant an extra weekly postal service, since the difficulties of carrying the mail, and the uncertainty of being able to traverse the roads, which existed in the years gone by, can now no longer be urged as an excuse. Besides this, the population in these bays has very much increased, and this naturally brings about a corresponding increase in the extent of the mail delivery, and at the same time demands additional accommodation in their postal services. The delay in the transmission of correspondence to these bays is a subject of continual complaint, and, in business matters, must occasionally be the cause of no inconsiderable personal inconvenience if not actual loss. The very progress and advancement of the districts themselves must to a certain extent be retarded by an inefficient mail service, such as exists at the present time. As we said before, it is premature to expect a daily service to these bays, nor would it be reasonable to expect Government to expend so large a sum as would be required to subsidize it on these localities, when there are so many calls upon them by the new towns and settlements which are continually springing up in other parts of the colony. But we maintain that there shouid be a tri-weekly service to this portion of the Peninsula. The extra expense in providing this additional service is fully warranted by the progress the district has made, by the increased importance of the Bays themselves, and by the extended requirements of the district in postal communication. We would again suggest that a memorial infiuentially and numerously signed be forwarded to the member for the district, Mr Montgomery, requesting him to use his best endeavours, now that he is in Wellington, with the Postmaster-Gen-eral to obtain this small concession, We would urge upon the principal residents in these bays to take the matter up at once, and not let this opportunity slip. There is not the slightest doubt that such a petition would receive the support of the whole Peninsula. It is a matter in which we are all more or less interested, and at least, it should not be said that we have an insufficient mail service, because we will not take the trouble to ask for something better. We trust soon to hear that a memorial has been set on foot for the purpose suggested, and that our remarks have not been a second time in vain.