MIS-STATEMENT CORRECTED.

Auckland Examiner, Volume IV, Issue 275, 23 June 1860, Page 3

MIS-STATEMENT CORRECTED.

(To Editor of Auckland Examiner:) Sir, —Tn your issue of the2oth inst. there are some rather rough remarks on what is there called Postal Mismanagement. On that part of yours I- have nothing.to do; but parties complaining in publicprints of wrong doing in any form ought to be sure that all their statements are correct. You state, at the instance of your informant, that Davidson and' Sewell have been proceeded against for nonfulfilment of their contract. To this I must demur, and ad< at whose suit they have been proceeded against? I say —without fear of contradiction—not at mine, nor with my name or consent attested in any form. There has been a suit instituted on my behalf against my late partners, A. and I. Mackie, and. accountant, but I most distinctly state that Davidson and Sewell are not in the least involved in the matter ; and Mr. Davidson knows that he could have had the use of my money for six months to come, and that without interest, so far from any attempt on my part to oppress him. Yours, &c. Edward Terry. Auckland, June 21', 1860. [We thank Mr. Terry for correcting our misstatement. We stated in Wednesday’s number that legal measures were taken against Messrs. Davidson, and SeweH,. but the fact is not so. It seems that, as yet, no legal measures have been taken against anybody on account of Post Office detention of Mr. Davidson’s letter. But Mr. Terry admits thas there has been a suit instituted on his behalf against His late partners, A. and G. Mackie, and also against an accountant, whose name does not appear in the aboveprinted communication. Now, unless our informant is again at fault, the legal action taken against the Mackies, and the unnamed accountant,.was consequent upon Post Office detention of Mr. Davidson’s letter. Had that letter been promptly delivered, or, in other words, delivered when first applied for, all would have been well. Messrs. Davidson and Sewell would have been spared much personal loss as well as personal mortification - r the Mackies, and the unnamed accountant, would not have found themselves enmeshed in legal <proceedings ; the Post office people would have been spared Examiner Exposure; and the Postmaster General, might have been supposed doing something useful for his money; —Ed. Ex.] ■ POST OFFICE MISMANAGEMENT. (To Editor of Auckland Examiner.) Sir, —On reading your leader of yesterday on the subject of the negligence of the Post Office authorities, and the loss occasioned to our citizens- Messrs. Davison and Sewell thereby, my mind was filled with sympathy for the one and wrath for the other ;. but judge my astonishment and indignation Mr Editor, when, on going home in the evening, I found on my table two letters which had laid in the Post Office since tlic arrival of the last mail. One of these letters was from a brother in the neighbouring colonies, and conveying, to -me the intelligence of his severe illness- I leave you to judge whether or not it was important that I should have- received it in due time. If 1 were a stranger in the place, an d unknown to The Post Office officials, I would not think so much of thia unfortunate circumstance, but not only am- I well known to them but they have received instructions on more than one occasion of late to put my letters in the private box of myemp’ojer. Sir, the mismanagement of the Post Office ceases any longer to- be tolerable, and I trust our representatives will in the ensuing session of the Assembly put the whole matter on a better footing. If a Postmaster-General is necessary, (which lam not prepared-to dispute) lot there be one by all means, but let him be a man capable of doing Tiis duly, and if more clerks and carriers are necessary, let them also be got, and last, let the Post Office be removed to a more central position where it will serve not only the government officials, but also the public who pay for its support. Heartily hoping that no other of my fellow citizens may in future be inconvenienced by the negligence of our Post Office authorities, lam sir, with grate’.ul thanks for your manly advocacy of the peoples rights and privileges, Your most obedient servant, One that will not submit to be Humbugged. Auckland, 21st June, 1860.