POSTAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 38, 27 June 1868, Page 3

POSTAL.

TO THE EDITOII OF TIIB BTABi Sin,— l wlah you would oblige mo and many others In Chriatclmrch by urging on tlio pose-ofllco authorities the desirability of altorlng tho tlrao lor closing tho Tlmnru and southern mails. I havo boon nt eomo pains to mako n note 05 my correspondence southwards over the flpaeo of a mouth. I find that In fifteen ca9cs out of twenty I could hnvo aaved a post if tho mall had closed, say nt 10 p.m. instead of 6 p.m. And my case must bo a very common ono. Tho present arrangement seems to mo most ridiculous and un-buslncas-Hko. What is tho iiflo of postal flcrvioea if tliny don't afford tho utmost facility thnt is possiblo for corrcspondonoo ? It Bcoms to mo that the closing of mails i?, in sovcral instances, arranged to auit tho convenionco of tho clerks, not tho requirements of tho public, who pay tho expenses of tho department. Your obedient servant, SHOPKEEPER. [If our correspondent will refer to an early number of tho Star, ho will find that wo havo already urged tho alteration ho advocates. It ought to bo tnado at once— Kd, Star,"}