The New-Zealander. AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1859. A DAILY TOWN POST WANTED IN AUCKLAND.

New Zealander, Volume XV, Issue 1352, 2 April 1859, Page 3

The New-Zealander.

AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1859. A DAILY TOWN POST WANTED IN AUCKLAND.

He just and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim'st at, be thy Country's, Thy Cod's, and Truth's.

This—though not one of those political questions of the day which a modest contemporary declares us incapable of grappling with—is one of the many useful " minor reforms" which require but little demonstration to prove to be needful, and which, when effected, are immediately productive of great benefits to the society or state which they affect. We therefore prefer to take it in hand rather than waste words in thrice-demolishing absurd arguments and unfounded assertions ; and we do so with the greater readiness as we have a strong conviction that the movement we propose to revive will soon arrive at a successful issue—while " political questions of the day" remain envelop ed in a cloud of sesquipedelian words. The residents and traders of Auckland have long been wishing for a daily delivery of letters, and the AttcTfrland Postmaster and his staff see no other difficulty in the way of carrying out this object except that of £ a. d. This difficulty there need be no difficulty in overcoming, as is shown by the number of private boxes subscribed for, in order to gain the advantage, on the arrival of a mail, of obtaining letters a little sooner, and without being subject to quite so much elbowing and toetreading as the multitude of expectants who crowd-up in front of the delivery-windows. It would require no large subscription to procure another saving of time and trouble by guaranteeing a certain sum towards the expense of two or three daily letter-carriers; and no one who looks to the rapid increase of the City and Suburbs of Auckland, both in extent of area and in settled population, can seriously venture to repeat the other grave objection that used to be raised to any such pro-

position—“We are not yet far enough advanced to warrant or need a daily delivery.” Visitors to Auckland from the other Provinces, and particularly from the other Colonies,, express their surprise that the inhabitants of solarge and increasing a town should any longer rest contented with the existing amount of postal accommodation. They point to the very great proportion contributed by Auckland to the postal revenue of the Colony, and they say —“ Din your demands for a daily delivery of letters into the ears of your Postmaster-Gene-ral until he grants your requests. There is no town which could be more readily divided into districts or delivery'rounds. And while you ask for delivery of letters, so that two or three pairs of legs may save hundreds from what is unnecessary trouble and loss of time, —do not fail also to urge the desirability of District Re-ceiving-houses being established in three or four well-selected positions—say, one in Parnell, one in the lower part of Queen-street, one near the junction of Queen and Wakefield streets, and one in some part of Hobson-street; and at each place let postage-stamps be sold. You will then have a scheme ot postal receipt and delivery in operation in some measure commensurate with the wants of your town, and your Postmaster-General will have done something to make the citizens of Auckland look with approbation on the creation of such a Ministerial office.”

• We speak seriously on tins matter, and we hope that Mr. Tailored will give us an early opportunity of proving that we know when is the time to speak and to speak with effect. At the same time, the people of Auckland must individually and collectively bestir themselves in the matter —and not leave it to chance, or even the Chamber of Commerce. What is everybody's business is nobody's business, and the action of the Chamber —when it does take action in the matter —will be rendered all the more effective by being backed up by the public voice.