ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume II, Issue 62, 20 December 1845, Page 3

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Wanganui, December 4, 1845. " Sm,— l wish to call your attention to the gross injustice And extortion practised by the authorities of the Post-office on the luckless inhabitants of this place. On the insolvency of the Government a few months Ago, the mail was discontinued; yet, notwithstanding there is now no means of regular conveyance of letters, Mr. King still keeps lip all the routine of a post-office hete, and obliges us to pay for every letter, whether sent by the cutter, or by an individual going overland, although the party going or coming receives no payment.for carrying the mail. Now, this appears to me little belter than downright' robbery. What is the intent and tncafriitgftifpnst-office charges? ' Why", of course,' that letters may be forwarded to their destination with certainty, regularity, and dispatch, none of which are to be found in connection with our post-office. The Katherine Johtutone is the only recognized means of conveyance, and her jouraejs are dependent on the will of her owners, she will not again leave here until the first or second week in January, in the mean time (here will most probably be arrivals from England, besides local news of importance, and we shall know nothing of either except what we may by chance hear from some errant whaler or j homeward bound Maori Although this 11 a matter of small annoyance j to us in a pecuniary way, yet the more regular and effectual conveyance of letters is an affair j in which the public at large are interested ; therefore I trust you will use your influence in the proper 'quarter to obtain a speedy establishment of a more efficient system. 1 remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, A Wanganui Settler.