THE WEST COAST MAIL SERVICE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING POST. Sib — I have noticed your references to the injustice done the West Coast in stopping the daily mail. With all deference, I think, in your reasons you have left out the most forcible argument. You speak of the hardship done to Foxton. Foxton is such a small place that no one would think it a very great hardship that it should have only three mails per week. To my mind the great reason why the mail should be daily is that for the sake of receiving the mail daily to Foxton the whole of the coast right through to Taranaki is affected, including Wanganui and all intermediate places. What is more, the trains run up the coast to Waverley from Foxton, a distance of about 180 miles, and for the sake of £400 per annum all this district is deprived of its daily mail. You will see from these few facts that a much stronger case can be made out why the mail should be kept running daily. I hope you will refer to the subject again, and bring these facts before the Government. I am, &c, D. R. Lewebs. Feilding, 24th January.
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Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 23, 29 January 1881, Page 4
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