POSTAL FACILITIES.

Evening Star, Issue 23687, 21 September 1940, Page 15

POSTAL FACILITIES.

TO THE EUITOIi. Sir, —My object in writing tJ lis letter is twofold, Firstly, because 1 took au active.slime in bringing -about the opening of' 1 the post office on Musselburgh Rise, I desire on behalf of the residents to tender our thanks to Mr and Mrs Ramsay for their public spirit in giving their premises for that purpose. Wo realise now, when no other site is obtainable, how much we were indebted to them. Mrs Ramsay was always most' attentive and helpful, no matter how busv she might be with the legitimate business of a general store. From interviews with the officials of the G.P.O. I know efforts were made to find alternative premises, visits to the locality

were made without success; nor is it the fault of the Chief Postmaster that the remuneration offered is not sufficient to attract any individual unless such is already engaged in business ou the Rise.

Secondly, the writer of the letter in. Thursday’s ‘Star’ casts’a most undeserved and malicious aspersion ou postmen, accusing them of negligence. I wish to refute the insult. There is no need for inspectors, for the men do their duty conscientiously; they do not waste time gossiping. 1 have been a resident in Tainui for 13 years. Usually I am on the iooK-out for the mail, often working in the garden in front of the house, from whence I have a view of the length of the street. Moreover, for some years I daily walked to Musselburgh Rise about the time that postmen were delivering in Cavell and adjacent streets, and I can assert that there was no waste of time. There has been no “ gossiping ” nor dawdling; the men walk briskly. If the delivery is later on some days it is usually because of an overseas mail—a larger amount of correspondence to deliver. Had the writer of that Tetter made in quiries of officials at the G.P.O. • lit would not have made such insulting remarks against a courteous body of pub lie servants. —I am, etc., E. F. Denton Leech. September 20.