THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1913. HAULING THE MAILS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 64, 31 January 1913, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1913.

HAULING THE MAILS.

"lie nuliumj c.rlcitaatr, nor st t iluirii atailtl in malice."

The big increase which has taken place in the mail matter at the L'ukekohe post oltice has added to the difficulty of mail transport between the post oiliee anil the railway station. In the smaller beginnings oi the town a bag on a carrier's back was sufficient. A boy and a hand-cart was the next development, and now two boys and the band cart have to sweat laboriously to get the mail bags fiom the railway, in a short time now the porfcrage will be rendered a still more serious problem, because of the shifting of the railway station and the greatly increased distance to be covered. The time has undoubtedly come when a contract»should be let t> have the mails carried. It is quite unreasonable to expect the messengers to haui the.-c loads o.'.rthe; lo: ger Ji: tar.ee mat will i nw have i t. i be traverse!. Itin 1 past I'uk- t lobe has he'll very hadly serwl in j tbu way of naving no carrier or cab ■ to curry aiu< passeiigeis to

r.nd from the trains, although we daresay now that the greater need has arisen that, some enterprising firm will put on the nsce?s.<ry conveyance. The m;• i 1 contract Cutil: be made a welcome adjunct of such a business, a.-d by being relieved of thin heavy mail porterage th: work at the post office vvoula b facilitated,