The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1878.

Dunstan Times, Issue 865, 15 November 1878, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1878.

Beneath the rule of men entirely JUST the PEN is MIGHTIER than the SWORD.

The whole of yesterday excepting for the rec iving and delivery of Her Maj sty's mails the Clyde Post Office was useless, while as for telegraphing there was no such a thing, and on making inquiries during the afternoon as to the cause of what we deemed so irregular a proceeding, wo were informed by a mere infant, some ten nr eleven years of age, who was in charge, that the telegraph line somewhere between Cromwell and Queenstown was broken, and that Mr Dewar, thepostmasterhad since the previous evening been away repairing it. For postmasters to act as linemen appears to be the correct thing as, during the late floods, when they were at their highest, we heard of Mr Coop, of Roxburgh, disporting himself in a canoe made of a gin case in the attempt to repair damages ; an ! Mr Alexander, of Ophir. being away from his office for days on a similar errand ; and Mr Dewar away somewhere in the same neighborhood wlmre he was yeslerday. On that occasion, however, Clyde was not neglected, as Cromwell sent down a cadet to work the telegraph. Now, we do not object to Mr Dewar acting in the threefold capacity of postmaster, telegraphist, and lineman, but we decidedly object to so important a centre ns Clyde being virtually shut np for a day now and again whenever the wire in the neighborhood of the Lukes is broker. The matter wants remedying, and we hope the Postmaster-Ceneral or the Telegraph Department will see that so flagrant an injustice is not continued. Besides the inconvenience the district experiences, which is reason enough in all conscience for an alteration, there is another still greater reason ami that is, the insecurity of leaving a junction office like Clyde, with all its valuables, under the care of a child. The whole thmg is monstrous, and demands that immediate attention we hope it will receive.