TRI-WEEKLY MAIL BETWEEN DUNEDIN AND NASEBY.
The folknvii.g lHtt-r from Mr. J. P A rmstrong. Vl P. 0., addressed to >• fc;>e •Secretary i]rade Associition, has Uf.en uaiuled to ui for publication L)i:ar -I had.seen the Postmaster ou the subject ol" tae feri-weekiy
mail ere the receipt of your letter on the su-bjeet, ah(L ; his assu-t ranee-that, if a'"moderate onl 7 were asked, he would support it. I subsequently waited upon Mr. Chaplin, who prom'a«d me that the subsidy ssked for by him should low as possible, intimating also his intention of running ? the extra coach during the cmly-. I- am glad*your letter came to'hanH'when ifc^«:!'Sv 1 * lor it confirmed all i said to the Postmaster upon the subject. " Yours truly, ' •<
"''J. P. A ItMSTROXQ, (M. P C." Vv r hen> this-su'iject) was -iirstS.mooted it had our 'most heairty -supporty; and wouhl'liave so still'were it-patient to us that the service would be conducted in such a manner jis would be conducive to the general . interests of the district, lip to within the"lastfe\V days'-We eertain ly were under' the • apprehension that the lime for the departure sind; arrjy/al the' extrav maifc}v'ould be such as would give additional and comfort toithe and/-under this, impression we were decMe'dly inclined to support a subsi ly to Mr. Chaplin for tne carriage r of ;, an additional mail. When, however, we look o\er the present time? table,-and-find' that by the existirig arraii^eineiits v 't)ie ; extVa' 1 coach *v'i 11■ '1 bavei■ t)unediu 011 Wednesday at 7 a.m. arid Arriving 1 at Palinerston the same morning between 11 and 12, and; that the N'aseby^coach' will 3 leave at 8 a.m." onlthe same day, arriving at Palmerston probably between 6 and 7 that afternoon, leaving for Kiiseby the following morniii^ { at ( B,..o'clock, and arriving late in the evening—we lobk upon the, whole . affair with suspicion and distrust. By this arrangement the passengers from, Dun -din will be compelled to remain at Palmerstoii for about 20 hours, and instead of bein fat Xaseby the following morning will not arrive till late in 4 he evening. ; Such a service will in our opinion confer but little, if any, good upon the public, and in its present shape ' we- most cert aiu ly' shall oppose any subsidy for such a thoroughly unsatisfactory (as at present constituted) service' -
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 154, 16 February 1872, Page 3
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385TRI-WEEKLY MAIL BETWEEN DUNEDIN AND NASEBY. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 154, 16 February 1872, Page 3
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