THE POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

Grey River Argus, Issue 74, 3 July 1866, Page 2

THE POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

.]; (To the editor of. the^y^ River Argi&§^ . ; "■ • Si W'¥ ?l y?^ a W W 4 #ention to the ajbp inmable a^ngemeais^ofthepps^ - ' ". •£es with, xesaid, to the conveyance of rnaOa {between Hokitik^ i and:thJa i t^wn. Depen, jdent as we are on Hokitika for the receipt^ •ouriconfespondence,! it.is.aniinsult-ito/jthe/ .Icommercial interests of 'Greymouth that m " iS^P^ 01 *; te showft to facpi- 1 * ;tate the delivery of our mails. prfae^:the contract ,wi|b .Qqbb. and Ca, is,t6, cpnVey;; ithe mails "twice ;|i week each 5 ,- tte-inv [ward mailsiarrivlng on Tiesdayiy and Fri-. -■ idays. Bu.t it frequently Jia^pens tliatthe i ov^a n 4 and. Be.vbor»e.piailß do not arrive la^HoMtlU W ; tlie' vappiMtgd TaW S i would think' iihe' oohteactqk aTe bound W" tbnng them on tb.e next day. liiStea(l -pf^ jthis reasonable arrangement, however, it "nft^Vt n<-Aiw>g- ; "Hfl^ t iJi 1tl |g^^ 'aqjginfl;- at'-'Hdfc'ik •tika, say on the Tuesday oTFriday^ff^*^'*^* the Mlp^gidiiyi'^ar^allpwda to Remain in the Hokitika Post-office uiitU the next con[tract day gomes round, r.thxis- depriving us of our letters needlessly for two or three days |a^dloßing.th,ecpiiweQfpoß^ ;Ine>d hardly % "i | tell you how.serjouslythis. evil - ia felt by the ■mercantile community,^^^ who, owing to the ripnfeceipt of thel advices; ' are'^t mil. ■ > norance;,9fthe r state of the markete. tffi course the inconvenience ii proportionately' : felt by persons &ot jh H&fi.&>" '^ * ?^ja^jMke;the ms<£ses&a&y* v'The overland mail arrived at Hokitika on Friday bringing./alsp:the> arrears: of thsPfcigq,i,w-V tion of the previous.. niaU,. and, yet, alfhragii th§ jojich brought nq mail on Fridayr?no effort was m^de tq bnjjg ouj iinissinit correapondeace 1 yesterdayr.' -I am formed V*hlt • the chief fault rests with .the HokMa postal authorities, who- n^gtebteP to send down the bags to the coach yesterday The *- English mail also arrived on Saturday or. iii^^i 16 , '■®WWs l fy pojrtiqn wayUki; aUowea to be detained an exia-a'day.'althotieE?^^ it is of so much importance: /that, we should^ : ' " | have it early as possible. SuVely ab"i-w.eekl^< service. as enough without^tite^ necessity of depriving us of % sjaaU Kneffii^^ we der^fromv it. , Some ,■; ": strange !f ought to be -made in th^ i^^ quartep,to; obtani^ if^.possiblev .a I^SSi- / the ; present scandalous system, , w ' V l*|r^- v ■ - r ■•■-■■••••"• <,'■■■■:<■:■ .;..V ■■■■/■! -A iSffg^Ri;^-:;.-'-. . .