ENGLISH MAIL SERVICE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 749, 23 February 1910, Page 5

ENGLISH MAIL SERVICE.

[ ' NAPIER'S IMPROVED POSITION. ;;. Telegraph.—Special: Correspondent.). : . ... Napier, February 22.. In consequence of representations made by the Napier Chamber of Commerce and correspondence -passing ,between the Wellington and London; authorities, it. has- come, about that the Napier, portion, of the mails from England.will bo made up separately in Lon- ' don ■ instead of-being lumped with Wellington matter. The innovation; which camp.into: forco on January 14, will bo .warmly appreciated by merchants and the general public, and the irritating'delays whiclrwcre so often experienced will now bo things of the past. Some years ago the same request was made to the London authorities, but was refused. The growing importance of the .district, its . business ■ relations ; with 1 English ■ firms, and the quantity of mail matter dispatched to and from Homo.has been the moans of bringing about this muchneedod reform. The Napier portion 'of 1 -ffi by-gono days.wasf enclosed with the Wellington batch, and if timo petimtod °n its arrival in Auckland, the letter portion was sorted out. Frequently this could not he dono,-and it ; took- place on the run from New 1 Plymouth, though, at, all times -the newspapers mail was dropped at Wanganui, and: there sorted and distributed. The same: : custom has prevailed since the opening of the Main Trunk : lino, and what portion other thnn. correspondence has not been sorted on 1 the way down is finished at Tho delay in receiving ioreign mails has been principally due to the fact that only two mails have been made up m London for the North Island, one for Auoklnnd forward and w°ir ? r ? r Wellington forward. The Wellington bags contained everything for delivery m Wanganui, Manawatu, Wairarapa, and Haivke's Bay.