MAIL DELIVERIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 10

MAIL DELIVERIES.

;;-,Sir;Trlt' v would bo 'most interesting' if .you or anyone, clsoxould, or 'would, explain the won-" derfu'-ways-of New Zealand. 'The papers tell : us :to-day, that the .other sido, of "the Empire City," i.e.," Wellington,'.is to bb granted ad-" :vurtages 'denied to Thorndon. .Why is this?. In-'most places a mile, or say a milo' and a ■half, does not" constitute "a suburb. Now Zoa.a'n.'' considers that, shb'leads tho world. This being so,'it seems:a pity to let the direct .Sydney' boat; anchor in'the stream at 10.55 a.m., reach tie wharf about 12.o'clock (in reply to tele-' phono.'message, l.was told the mail would bo' delivered at-1.p.m.), and yet tho mail was not delivered till.nooiit 10.30 a.m. on thb following dnyi'-r As the .boat, leaves next day, the 24th, ;. there is,, little, time to write,. and'often serious corsequehe'es, restilt.:' This delay is, or ought : b be, quite unnecessary! ;■ In former times the, Emails were landed ns soon as the" boat reached , •.tho;:streauij.no.w..thero seems-tb have been* a backwards. , Six .miles out' of- Melbourno' ; three, deliveries' every day—morning, afternoon,; and evening. On' Saturday letters , are seritS.to'tho district post officesmud deliv- : ored over the counter between 7 and- 8 p.m. If ' .not-calhxl- for- they-are delivered as usual on Mrndaj' mornihfi. The people" have to pay for the.;: it"is" just possibU. that .their comfort . niiaiicoiivenionco might sometimes bo considored,''nlso their health; 24 hours of."suspense is not: desirable, and it is not on , urccinmon thing.—l am, etc., •■■.-.. ' -\::t:x::■:■'..: ., : ,-..:-, :._.., ■.;• ; .a,W.L.:\ ..Wellington, September .2.1, 1909. ■'■ :; ' .: