FOXTON AND WELLINGTON' MAILS.

Manawatu Herald, 15 November 1894, Page 2

FOXTON AND WELLINGTON' MAILS.

I TO THB EDITOB OF THE MAXAWATU HERALD. j Sib,— l see the P_ost Office authorij ties are calling for fresh ten,der&rfbr | the conveyance of mails . between I Fox ton and Shannon. Could it not ibe arranged that the mail from I Wellington in . the morning be I answered the snrne day,. ..If .the I coach It ft Shannon at say 10.45 a.m. i it could arrive here at half past .12, ! and leave again at 3.30 to catch the | .train at Shannon tibe.same. day.— & | would be a boon to such &? rmysflf | to whom time in travelling is. in i important item. . Last winter,. 1., Jejfi | Foxton in. the ': morning, -p^ „ one' j occasion. It was dark : \vheij „wi I started for Kereru and we had to go | through three miles of watery mud. 1 This early morning .travelling in >th« | winter ; :is too -much;; for hnman | nature. Commercial men look for j despatch, and if the morning train | from Wellington can bring corres- ! pondence for Foxton people which can be answered and sent back to , Wellington {.ho same niglily how j much better than the present arj rangeinent. As a traveller I would; ibe glad to ?ee a change. — I anij <fcc, ! *T-. G. A. StttTH. .. ' I [From a commercial traveller's | point of view Mr Smith is probably ! correct. The contractor has to Anew ! the ■£. s. d. view of the situation.' The mail subsidy is not sufficient to' keep a coach going, passengers are. needed, and experience haa shown they are obtained chiefly from the {residents in the Borough. The | route mentioned by Mr Smith would ] land every visitor to Wellington at ten o'clock at night, an opportunity offered us twice a week hy r &e railway. Facts prove visifcorsX=H% reaching Wellington in daylight. — I Ed. M. Herald.]