PIAKO POSTAL IRREGULARITIES.
Sir, — I beg to reply briefly to a letter in to-day's Waikato Times, bearing the signature of " Wm. G-. Harp, Sub-Post-master, Morrinsville." In my communication, to -which Mr Harp refers, I observe there are two printer's errors in the dates. The first letter to which I refer, I received on the sth July; not the 3rd, as printed. The second letter to which I refer, my neighbour received on iho 30th June; not the 3rd as printed. I hazarded no conjecture as to who was to blame for my not receiving Nos. 1 and 3 earlier. The blaino, in regard to letter No. 2, I placed, and do so still, to the charge of Mr Harp. I refer, now, to these letters serialim, Nos. 1, 2, and 3, as Mr Harp has done. In regard to letter No. 1, Mr Harp makes bold to assert, in rather obscure language, that he saw a number of my letters laying about carelessly, in a neighbour's house, and then says: " I doubt not, for one moment, had I satisfied my curiosity, and read the addresses on these letters, I might have seen this identical letter .referred to. I most emphatically assert, that the letter in question was obtained out of Mr Harp's office, on the oth July, so that it was impossible for him to see it in any neighbours house. My neighbours also assert that Mr Harp has not been in any of their houses for many months, either to see that or any other letter. I would suggest to Mr Harp, the propriety of giving the nam-) of the neighbour (my neighbours wish this) in whose house he saw the letters he refers to. If Mr Harp fails to do this, I fear his reputation for truthfulness might be damaged. In regard to No. 2 letter, I affirm wh»t I said before, that a neighbour of mine obtained it out of Mr Harp't office, on the 30th of June, This letter, I say, I ought to have received myself on the 28th. That it was in the office on the 28th is evident, because, as I said before, there was no mail delivery botwoen the 28th and 30th. He has get the 28th May, which I never mentioned, jumbled up with this letter, and then, in an absurd manner, tries to prove that it was impossible for the letter to be in his office. It may be said, that the non-delivery of this letter to myself on the 28th was simply an oversight on the part of Mr Harp. Yes, I admit that, but for any one to even insinuate tke bare possibility of his being guilty of an oversight, is almost enough to throw him into fits of sweating.
In regard to letter No. 3, Mr Harp does not even hazard a guess as to the cause of the delay of its delivery, but he affects to prove that the letter could not have been delayed at his office. As another instance of the way our faultless sub-Postmaster transacts business, I may mention that a gentleman in this district posted a letter of importance to me at our Post Office. As this letter was intended for delivery in the district, it required only a penny stamp. Instead, however, of delivering this letter as intended, Mr Harp must needs send it to Hamilton, where it got attached to it a label for deficient postage, viz., 2d. The Hamilton postmark, with the date, was also put on, after which it was duly returned to the office where it had been posted; and after being there for about a week longer, I duly received it about a fortnight after it had been first posted. I thought at first that the gentleman had posted the letter at Hamilton, but he assured me that he had put it into our Post Office himself, and he was astonished when I told him of its peregrinations. Mr Harp refers me to some advertisement which appeared in the paper some months back, but as he gives me no clue to which of the hundreds of advertisements I see, 1 must beg him to be a little more explicit if he refers to anything of importance, The portions of this wonderful epistle, which Mr Harp has been boasting, would so astonish some people in reference to stealing letters, pistols, and sundry expressions of vulgarity and impertinence, I treat with the contempt they deserve. If these postal irregularities, to which I have now adverted, are not sufficient to shew that there is room for improvement, I shall return to the subject on a future occasion.—Alkx. Bbbmnee.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1111, 7 August 1879, Page 3
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902PIAKO POSTAL IRREGULARITIES. Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1111, 7 August 1879, Page 3
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