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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 862, 20 January 1879, Page 2

i Li- i! ~-j .■vii! sinj-ulnr that in th'n • '.•tons. .;. i ;,:• tlii-'- tiny. when f.it-erati-m i •. m ' ' ■ t'nnv '"=■ ■■"■' Kl, '" h ' '"■ Ulr t -xt ~ji 1 '..iiv r\ans;n liUpbyed. in. ; tin- nduillUsia.e- .. ~j| f| u „ of em . pn'ohe departments, t. f. ltt , «»• tHii.l I [.. .inf. fc<> several pnUie servan. , -i,.,,.. ..,,.,, ; is the head of tne Tele-rnph iVpnrfm-nr. ; Wellington. He aft'onls an instance *•; ' limy iiu;u-rii ■ M --. a man (u:;.v leenni" v. U-- > is ; m.'ested tu a Utcle i-•*>-■: K ..'iii..y| lour otjieials were only iTo..-1, at in-aia-im; (•i [.•t-<-j."'fti' , i''- t" H >"' il ' *alanes. "■' sh.ouhi: ■ )... ,'.,ii> ..[ Hie best managed in ! r.lii' wi.rbl. But. in *■>«>'■ nistanet'S. the in;i)iiWHU!ui in l<> keep ! I,diet and salary and savy_ the Colony ey j pemutiire- irrespective of wtier.l.en- it is wise to 11.1 SO' or not—and ntUeiats troid.fe. I Wv have not forgotten Mr reply to' I the merchant/ of t '.uuaru v. tun they I asked that the Tele-vaph n.i.rht he j kept, open between the hours "f •■■"l't 7. win jh was tantamount to this : •' It v...u1il ! 'list ;i.li.n;t InSl> » year. » sum that the j Unvemment .-.jiitit notation!." V»"h.i,t d<"ts !,->;; i.ilii-i.il sitting in fvU ettiee etudr esre ~!„..p: the commercial "t the I'nli'iiy hi-any g:'»?ci'>ti <-t' it ' I'kpeneiu'e .ihaates tin- reply—Nothing. V, .• s.y. therefore, chat the ti..v eminent attend to such matter*, and. :;> wane t-xistrf. theyshonUUnpply filmy iimydii.*' in npjiusti-fni to "inyf i,intent' their oltictaU. There is an'tner matter in which, v. e contend thai the Telegraph Department is culpnute. ft that, if. matter* not what may be-the .dmi-t- - the ilepn.rtm-nt.it ii riot re'sponsible cor fchein t and a man ffu't h>ses ! I;i.i ii.l(. threnrh the btumterin-: of ?"nir in- j enrepeteiit operator has u«>■ te'trf**. >.■■•? ; j.-. trwo aiiy remeily- in t;ase a tete-'ratu j should have" been itetayei-l tor a period that i i-ii.ii.ses loss to the recipient* \\ttwvvha«t eviiienee of thi.-*. *% 3lond»y fa*t « tttf't i.'nuu. uonsistiinj; of about IHOO VTor-U «a.hari'te.ii in to. "the otHee at tfi..< t'.vf:' at i Ap"rti'. tl nf eh'< •■■> :■•;•:—■{ not;), (.(.u.-u-tov fi it—-.«•*-■> in our .it j t p.i-i. ; the remainder v. .•>; not .. •. aitaiil- f till 'J p.m. Mur tottutry e ini .< ii.'.vitr,', heeu. pui.ltshe'tathalf'pnst thvv. j.r,i': ->uly j ;i small portion tatrii.' avartALL..- for tin' tn-.vn etiition. we ohjeeted to .-■eeive th>i message, W. : - did this t?;;>f the} department would not have the svrve \ | to make » vharicw for that widen ft i 'had fade 4 to supply. _ Of vtwfc hswj | to iHI eyetUUe. pUper !S ft i oei'rly tl'ie whole of which, .W* wi reaeh | lis. tilt nine o'eloefc J Ir.e ds'pnftn;e;.t. | j howefav, i')bs«rviiig *>ne of its stnput t'ast- | iron rutes, HWt-lo tUe render pay (he cojt. Siotiuui; by tuoi-e t.nfair chart tins. The omissdnv of trie department t-> forward lis the? withrn a rensoaa'Dle time nui-jr hnvj arUert fnnw weakness nl the . h-etrie curren;, defs'i-ts in the tine, er ' inah lity of the operator:'. We neither know mn- ,;;«■« whsdi. i'.ut u e ,1 . kn >vv that if a prvva'e hnu were to i-i-have sMnt*| brlv it wovrld l>«v all i' l hnstne...;. i Cf. 'is not yitfkfc to- »>U n in-'W _ tn, p,;.. : tor that .. hwh Ei« does not i\-«uive. j tf'the wttiutaU of themeat eau for tha: »«'.; s >nt i'.fi.'..'" delays Chat render u.-voie.v. to reetphmfs. the ilept-vrEnuTU may he ei-rs- [ dvev.ed'in the fashi-nv ■ only tin- iisun.edw. t *> .uUettw ivill knov» . ■ anyr.hhua.'o'.'nS it- f' k '; ; tll 'n--'* l ' in' order tnat ;iw e.-vn'ry ma./ r.oj ; l.se meo!iipei.eni;w of otiicials. nt;iyr ttif if Wo tuyfit ic.to j , uunwjEisiw ott'ier jflstatviisi simitar to eL«i j »J>o*k,v bwfc «fcwn if. BfttvtJCßasafV- j. | liiv* Wen written Ci>» attiact tfw attnrnti»t«| of she *»oiß(rTvn,'.snt t»» the uiatter. : I

"The Otogo portion of the inward San Francisco mail was brought from Christchurch by special train yeaterdav, arriving in Dunedin at atwut 8 p.m." Weare glad of this. It is iiitcrentiii" to the people of this district to km>w that others have been ...",■4 t .r..|nr>''- ••!''• >•!••'! <}>r-v arc k«pf

Ktu'utg tiivtitjvi'k,... .'■•-■:•- •'• ut to >;vinplain abont the detvya that occurred in the transmission of our share of the English raaife before Mr. Bickxeix was honored with tho dignified title of "Chief Postmaster," ' and we cherished the notion when that happy event arose that there would be an end to all postal troubles. But the old game is being perpetuated under the new rt'/nnf. What profundity of_ judgment —what clever management Ts displayed—in sending the Dimedin portion of "the San Francisco mail by " special" train to that city yesterday, and leaving Oatnaru out in the cold. The precious •'special" that screeched as though it was f'totnu' a great stroke «>f business —in fact, it 3'xuted to be crawling about the lined t» the vicinity of Oamaru during the whole of yesterday afternoon, as though it had "got something to leave bi-hind —may have carried our portion of the mail on to Duncdin, in which case, we presume, it will l>e in the private boxes to-night and delivered in the town jtomorrow; or it may have left it behind. Either the one or the other would be unpardonable. It would have been quite ea.y to have shipped our portion, and dro'pped it *••»* /•>»!?'-;; and we will vouch for this, that the Oamaru Chamber .f Commerce will not allow the matter to pas* without expressing its opinion upon it. Whether intentionally or not. the Postal and Telegraph Departments are working in concert with each other in such :\ manner aa to preserve the commercial .supremacy of certain portions of the Cotonv. A day lost <»r gained to a commercial man is "sometimes of the greatest consequence ; and, although we would not advocate the running of "specials" on Sundays, even to carry the English mail, yet we think that if "it is done for Dunedrn it should be done for Oamaru and : all places »"» ronh. Snnee writing the above, the Oamaru portion of the'mail has arrived by the afternoon's express, and the cool in- ; dttfert'ttee displayed by tin's proceeding to the etamts of Oamaru" has created much dis ;ust and annoyance in this community. it appears so "in tut tons to detain Oamaru s porthn for the ordinary train, when it :.d-hl: have been sent" with that for l>uru:di:i by yesterday's special.