MAIL SERVICES IN OTAKI

Chronicle (Levin), 18 April 1947, Page 2

MAIL SERVICES IN OTAKI

SERIOUS EFFECT OF FORTYHOUR WEEK The serious delays i'n mail ieliveries in Otaki was referred to ,t Wednesday night's meeting of he Otaki Borough Council, and he action of the Mayor, Mr. C. F. Itmore, in bringi'ng the matter >efore the Postmaster-General was i'ndorsed. The letter was written >efore ihe recent curtailment of rain services arising out of the :oal strike. The letter sent by the Mayor was is follows: "I have received num;rous complaints in recent months jonceming the most u'nsatisfactory nail -services to and from Otaki, both northwards and southwards, md one instance will show you tiow unsatisfactory these services aave become. - „

"An enclosed envelope, addressr ed to a medical practitioner in Otaki, shows from. the post office stamp impressed that. it was posted at the Napier Post Office at noon on Friday, March 31, and that it was sorted in the Otaki Post Office on Wednesday, March 6, five days later. This letter was an important one and the addressee incurred ihe costs of a bureau call to Napier arising out of the delay in transit. "All the other postal services are equally as bad, and considerable inconvenience is being experienced by all members of the community, especially the business people. My object in writing to you, thereXore, is to ask you to please review the whole of the mail facilities for Otaki, with a view to giving the inhabitants of the borough a better service. In making the request I fully appreciate the difficulties with which you are confronted, in maintaining an efficient service, but there are oyer 2000 people in this borough, with a large rural population adjacent thereto, all served by the Otaki Post Office a'fid the Otaki Railway Post Office, and they are surely entitled to something considerably better than at present given." The Chief Postpaster, in reply, has stated that the matter was receiving attention. Councillors were in accord" with the Mayor's letter, and he was thanked for his efforts, which, it was hoped, would bear fruit. Councillors also expressed disapproval with the present services.