THE MAIL SERVICE FROM MASTERTON TO TENUI AND CASTLEPOINT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1231, 16 November 1882, Page 2

THE MAIL SERVICE FROM MASTERTON TO TENUI AND CASTLEPOINT.

TO THg BDfTOfc. giß,—The wayi of the postal authorities verge on the eccentrip withirsgard to. this much neglected, locality, Some few weeks ago tenders were called for a, biweekly service from Masterton to Te'nui end Oastlepoiot, and that of MrMacara was accepted. Yet in the face of. this, residents hero are now requested to subscribe a subsidy of £2O, failing which, the' - > service will be reduced to once a week. It surely would have been more consistent and busings Jike (o have first found out if settlers wflrpMnJiJifjd ft fl 0 % r j°,9 'h? amount before palling for and lc'cdptio| tenders for the biweekly se'ryigei'-lfij to he presumed the contractor fit} Ifeep the Department to the bargain, subsidy . er no subsidy. Considering the number of years this district has been settled, the amount of taxes accruing from' it, and its proximity to Masterton, which hag a twice daily mail, it surely is not' unreasonable to expect a twice weekly mail, which costs the colony only' about 1150 per annum; Moreover the whole amount ofthji. cannot be charged against Tenui ahd.eaatleporat, for'by the'same service letUrs are eaVfie.d Taaeru, far at Tenui for tho tt\\\m%sss mfa. Whareama River. Whenthat' wo'ndJH& / fill and suit* top unique' structure, tfOf ''• new Post and Telegraph office was erefi; ted at Gastlepoint at a cost of several: : , 4 hundreds of pounds, in my simplioity I thought we were going to be taken under ■ 'I the special care of the Hon. the Postmaster General, but alas that hope waß a delusion, fori now begin to perceive that. the edifico was only erected on the Hon, gentleman's land to enhance the view from his station house verandah. I trust however residents will not tamely put up with this attempt to draw money out of tjjsjr ppcjfets. for in all fairness we are entitled 'toy 'iwfaa 'weekly- mail service without p.aying p special w'% support it, I »m kp,i FajbPuv. ''■ k \. [Though Mr Maoara's tender wai aocepted for a bi-weekly service, the coniraofc is as yet unsigned, and he is at the mercy of the department. The Wbare'-JK ama residents should, we think, as&Mr Beetham M.H.R, to iatervene.—Eo. W.D.I