DELAYED HUTT LETTERS.
. A MINISTERIAL EXPLANATION. • An inquiry was made of: the Postmaster. 'General Recently Wilford, 1 , M.P, as to why letters' posted in Christchurch ;-. for the north mail arenot " delivered at the; Hutt be- ■; ■' ■ fore ..Mondaymorning. ■: In : replying .yes-::■.'. .terday. the Postmaster-General,.'said ; . the . /letters reached Wellington too late on .'• Saturday morning..' for dispatch by .the ' train ; leaving at. 7.45'-a.mi| • and' tterEiforajf/;: missed; the' letter-carrier's'.delivery which ■; started at 8.30 a.m I .As .Saturday-:: isVtha T ' -"v letter-carriers' half-holiday at the Hutt, :.?< there., is no. means -of delivery unless tho I: 1 - addresseecalls at the office.. Inquiries . ~. are being, made .with a'view ! to . ascer-. taining whether *. it wouldnot be mora' - , :: convenient to . fix ,'the letter-carriers': halfholiday- on another day. than Saturday.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 940, 6 October 1910, Page 4
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120DELAYED HUTT LETTERS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 940, 6 October 1910, Page 4
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