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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Issue 115, 15 February 1895, Page 2

Jfr r the Cler" of the Ftipstidiaw wigistrate's and lolicr Courts, cJlerk to the Town Board, &C., &c. .~''. fSß Alices ho fills ivjU everv -«s f a'Jtion tho bli( and b" undertaking these u u^3 j 1( sores the Government from paying ; avge salary to another officer. Tin jeing the case, M-o«annot see why tin -government should hesitate to nppoin mother clerk to tho office. The\ nust know that the duties outside tlu postal department take up a ootl -eal of Mr Dansey's time and %avi ;hem paving another large salary anc md it is a small thing to ask that •hoy should provide an extra oflleer al inouu £IOO per annum. The business lone at the ollico is very large and it •s surprising how-the work is acccni' pushed. it' compared with othei towns in New Zealand, we believe that the income derived from the -totorua Post Ollice, in proportion to tue staff employed, will be found to exceed any by a large amount per annum. "Why should Rotorua and its visitors suffer the delays to telegrams and correspondence that they now do? It must create a bad impression in the minds of tourists from tlie sister colonies and make tliem think New Zealand is very far behind indeed. _ Ihe department should not allow this to continue and as Kotorua is the homo of tho stranger during tho sumr>ei they should see that its 1 ost Offico is fully equipped. Although wo could give instances of several hours' delay in tho delivery of urgent telegrams wo "think it hotter uot to do so but to allude to another postal grievance which should, wo think, bo remedied In almost every > town in tho Colony there is a delivery of letters and delayed telegrams at least once a day, and we think the time has now come when such should be instituted in Rotorua. Unless a call is made at tho Tost Office for letters they cannot be got and we consider this a great hardship, and 110 other community would prt up with. lr persons do uot reach tho office during the hour it is open for tho deli very of correspondence, they must wait until the following day when another visit, causing perhaps a jour' ney of a mile, must bo made. Delayed telegrams may thus be for days together and they are practically of no use to Rotorua people unless a call is made at the Post Office or.ee or | twice a livery in the township delayed' telegrams would bo of service to tho people, and we think tho size and importance of Rotorua fully warrants the department in < etahlishing such and putting it 011 an equal iootimr with other places of much less const" quence.