MAIL DELAYS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 601, 1 September 1909, Page 9

MAIL DELAYS.

' Sir,r-In ' your issue of' yesterday you men-, tianecj that tho Mokoia arrived at Auckland on Sunday, night, ."45 minutes before tho departure. \ of|\th'B Main .Trunk .express, anjl with quick . dispatch.;.the -English mails brought by'that be/at' should connect and arrive in Wellington , Monday'.-''afternoon.'' '.-But what. \ happened? For 6ome unaccountable reason ,the mails did •not' connect,- and Wellington -and' the South ,■ . Island are still without their- mail. . Now, sir, 'not .aljout tirao Something, was done" in . connection ..with .'this matter „;to;-enable the - southern portion'of New Zealand to get'their, . letters, promptly?- The pist" office officials do .nbt'-'Mem : to mind ,so long as. Auokland get .their.' .correspondence .' delivered .on Mondays, Kut I, would liko . to: ask : them why. in this instance.-:the, mails-did -not /rfonnect with the express -last: Sunday, night This .is,: a... real '.. g'rievnnco, and I''-trust,' sir.vyon 'will do, you: ; best 1 to draw attention to: the matter and hav* - satne'remedied.—l am, -otc.v vV LETTEES. . iP.S— No doubt.you remember.tK6.fuss"'AuckItlud made when tho mails were sent direct to Wellington once, a few weeks ago., -and .yet Wellington merchants 'are' expected'to say nothing about these unwarrantable delays at the Auckland end. ■. -August 31. ' i"' . ■ (This matter 'is referred to' in" our editorial columns.]