The Post Office. (To the Editor of the Southern Cross.)

Daily Southern Cross, Volume I, Issue 31, 18 November 1843, Page 3

The Post Office. (To the Editor of the Southern Cross.)

Sir, — About a month ago I wrote to the head of the Post Office department complaining of the non- arrival of several letters which I had posted here for my correspondents in England^ and Leith, and requesting some information or explanation on the subject ; but with the usual uncivil and unbusinesslike feeling of our officials, my letter is as yet unanswered. One of my correspondents has in consequence of the non-arrival of my letters, containing advices regarding the state- of our markets here, already incurred considerable pecuniary loss, and I have reason to fear, may yet incur still further. I have since writing the Post Official received letters from several other correspondents, all complaining of the non-atrival of my letters of certain dates — but I suspect complaint to our present unprincipled and apparently irresponsible rulers is of no use. If the Government are to continue the monopoly of the Post Office as a channel of correspondence, surely the public ought to see that that channel is kept clean and pure, and not polluted by the tools that may be put into it by our present heads of departments. I am, &c. Alex. Dalziel. November 15, 1843.