A LAZY POSTMAN.
FAILURE TO DELIVER LETTERS CHRISTCHURCH, October 2.
“ Owing to your neglect and laziness, you may have caused untold harm and suffering to many people,” said Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., when dealing with George Douglas Otten, a postman, aged 18, who appeared on seven charges of wilfully detaining letters. Otten was convicted and fined £5, in default a month with hard labour.
“ There is no suggestion of dishonesty,” said Chief Detective Carroll. “ The accused was employed as a postman. In his locker at the office 285 letters that should have been delivered were found. The young man’s explanation is that he put the letters in the locker intending to deliver them, but wet weather followed, and he put it off, until, in the end, he was afraid to deliver them.”
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Otago Witness, Issue 3995, 7 October 1930, Page 69
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133A LAZY POSTMAN. Otago Witness, Issue 3995, 7 October 1930, Page 69
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