PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND THE LOCAL POST-OFFICE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 936, 11 April 1882, Page 2

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND THE LOCAL POST-OFFICE.

! TO THE EDITOR. Sib, —1 desire to call attention to a very- --* important matter in connection with our. local Post-office. It appears that on the arrival of the English mail in Ghrist=. church, if an ordinary train is not available for conveying the southern portion to its destination, no time is lost in sending it on by a special, as was the case last evening. On applying for letters to the Postmaster here, this morning, I was refused, the only reason assigned being ! that it was a holiday. Surelyj sir, if th 9 Government deems the matter of sufficient importance to incur the expense of a special train, it is not too much to ask the local authorities to epen, say, for one hour, and give letters to persons applying, especially (as was the case this morning) when some members of the staff were on. the premises, apparently engaged in their. ordinary work, That important Englisf^

letters should be detained in a little local "Post-office for thirty-six hours after their arrival, through a mere piece of officialism, is a disgrace. In Timarn, and other important towns, the public convenience .cannot be so ignored with impunity. — I am, etc., John W. Miles. April 7, 1881.