The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1882. CURRENT NOTES.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 628, 21 July 1882, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1882. CURRENT NOTES.

THE ALTERATION IN THE MAILS,

As will lv seen by ref rencc to another poriion of tlics- columns, oui' mails are to be again changi-d. After the Ist of n -xt in*.nth, tiie Little River Railway route will ho the one by which the mails go to and frwrn Christchurch on Tuesday!, Thursdays, and Saturdays, whilst . tho Pigeon 'Bay't-ci-vice 'fill be on Monday--!, Wednesdays, and Fridays. We understand that there were several reasons 'that" induced the Chief Postmaster to make-'these alterations. One was, that stoeko-iner.s should have the opportunity of forwarding' stock to the Addington market on Tuesday, the day before the sale. Ai present, any one sending stock by rail to the Christchurch market has to forward thorn by Monchry's tram, and this necessitates the expense of a paddock for Monday night. Tiie consequence is that the old method of driving is adhere-:'''! to, as lo_s expensive Whether, nt the present rates of carriage, hi'".. Y-i';.* will take, ad vantage of j '•h'.- f.vjiiities about to Ik; we know uoi, hilt at any i';.Y* it r-diows that the railway iu;:i po.-,Ui authorities are anxious to do tii-'i.- u;.iuo:.->l to oblige the peopb' of tiie lY'iiUis-ii'i.. It will further ho reeolhu'tcii that; o i the 26th of Altiy a mimh t of tha Pi-eon Bay , re.sideiiLs iiT-t tog -ther, aud re-wived to' ni'3Uior!a].!.*e tho Chief Postmaster to have the mail .service to Pigeon Lay on

alternate days, as it hud been before the railway started. No doubt this th-'roughly reasonable request had due weight, and was another cause of the

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We believe that the alteration is a good one. It ia nothing but fair thnfc the Pigeon Bay people should have their letlers ovory 'other day, and no d*>ubt the Little River people, and the stockowners trenerally of the Peninsu'a, will be gratified at the opportunity offered for the better transit of their stock to the Addington yards.

There i.s only one objection that < ecurs To us, and that is, about the return single fare trips from Saturday to Monday. As the train will not now return till Tuesday, we presume that after this month there will bo. no single return fares on the line, which will be a very great, pity indeed, aa there are many people who have lived on the Peninsula many years and never visited Christchurch, who would have taken such an opportunity of doing so next summer. Doubtless, since the line has b-on opened, there has been comparatively little traffic, but those in authority must reme-nber that it has only been open in the winter time, when the long colli snowy coach journey, including the terribly early start, has acted as a deterrent. Let the summer come with its bright warm mornings and good roads, and plenty would be only too glad to take advantage, of a Saturday afternoon and Sunday in Christchurch, at the same low rate allowed from all other districts by tho railway. We can only see one way to remedy this, and that is, to allow those going on Saturday to return on Tuesday for single fares. If Mr Back could see his way clear to make this concession, we should consider that the new time-table was a decided change for the better.