The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1878.

Kumara Times, Issue 440, 22 February 1878, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1878.

The expected presence of the Post-master-General in Kumara next week is to be availed of to bring under his notice certain grievances connected with his department under which we labor, amongst" them the want of a letter-

carrier. There are two other matters which should not be lost sight of. Mr Fisher should be asked to make enquiries into that portion of the working of the Hokitika Post-Office which concerns Kumara, The people of Hokitika, we observe from the West Coast Times, have their own complaints to make, with which, however, we have nothing to do. What does concern us, though, is that upon one occasion the Kumara portion of the San Francisco mail was needlessly detained in Hokitika for forty-eight hours; and that generally there seems to be a disposition to ignore the just requirements of this place. We look to Mr Fisher’s advent on the scene to remedy this state of affairs. We would also, in the interest of the public, point out that although the mails from Greyraouth arrive at 11 a.m,, they are allowed to lie at the Tram Station, wholly unprotected (so far as official protection is concerned) until noon, and, of course, are not sorted for some time afterwards. Were these mails at once taken to the PostOffice, they would be placed in the delivery-boxes in time to allow of the more important ones being replied to by the tram leaving for Greymouth at noon. Our local Postmaster is not to blame in the matter. On the contrary, Mr Dale at all times exhibits a desire to oblige the public, and to facilitate business, as hearty as it is rare amongst a certain class of civil servants. The grievances we mention ai’e beyond his control ; but we feel sure they have only to be brought auder the notice of the head of the department to secure that they shall be remedied.