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Star (Christchurch), Issue 60, 23 July 1868, Page 2

f*e—^*+mmm*mmi*mm*mmmmmmmimmmmm»mmmmm A. Mw faofcii in connection with tiio mail juab arrivod from Panama- will Horvo to hliqw in what way tho pooplo of thin inland aro troatod. Wo pay a vory largo proportion of tho Bubsidy to tho Panama Company, and tho Government npponr to think that* whon tho mail ai-hvoh ftt Wellington thoro ia no nocoanity for aonding it nouthvvfli'd without delay, Wo havo boforo drawn ntl'ontioii to tho unuocoaaarily alow inovomontH of Btoamora ontriifitod with the conveyance of 'l-ngl i«h niailft, but ramonatninco aooma to havo no ofFoot, Tho Panama mail ronohod Wellington at II *.lis a.m, yostorday, and tho Airedale, whioh had arrivod at Wellington nt 1 00 n.m, tho day boforo, was nob denpatchod to tho South till, ton o'clock last night. Tho public havo a right to nuk why tho doparturo of tho Airedale iviw dolayod lor oightoon houra, nnd thoy iniifltinfliali on receiving a aatiafac tory niiHWor, unlcHH thoy ehooiio to sit quiotly down undor tho cavalior treat* mont ol tho G-ovornmont. Making ovory noeoflflary allowanco for tran* ahipmont of mailii h'om tho Mataura, tho Airodnlo ought to hnvo loft Wellington at 0 a.m yoalorday, and tho publio ought to havo had thoir Mnglish letters at an oarly hour thiß morning! But ib Buitod tho whim of tho Q-ovorn-mont to dotain tho Airodalo for noarly a full day, aud tho publio aufl'or aooord* ingly, Thero is nnothor mtvttor in connection with tho mail to whioh wo wiflhto draw attention. Tho tolograph dopart* numb ih instructed to notify, for public information, tho arrival and doparturo of' Htoamora at tho varioua porta, Of eourao tho publio woro anxious to know, thin morning, at what hour tho nl;onmorlof(; Wellington wit-hour portion ol' tho mniln, At cloven o'clock thero waa no intimation postod at tho tolograph oflieo that tbo Airodalo hud loft Wellington. Who is to blnmo for thia ? Tho manager of tho tolograph ollico lioro, or tho manager at Woilington, undor tho vory hobo of tho Post* maator- General? Wo ahould roally liko to know, because thin uumo thing haa boon ho frequently complained of, Wo notioo that tho Mataura loft Panama on .Tune 21, or threo daya boforo hor time, and woprofiumo alio wiui ona* blod to do ho from tho (act that tho largo boats of tho Itoyal Mail Company now run direct from Southampton to Colon, culling only at ono intormodiato atation. Aro wo to derive mo benefit from thin ? Ih tho Panama Company nttlocp, or in it unablo to tako advantage of a circum* Htanco which, moro than anything olso, iv calculntod to enhance tho valuo of thoacrvicoP Tho Mataura ought to havo boon at Woliington on tho 18th or 10th, inatoad of which alio takoa 130 (IftyH to perform tho paasago from tho Ittthmua to Woliington, Ih thoro any ponalty for audi droway work P If ao, wo hopo tho Poatmoator*Gonoral will on forco it to tho last farthing. Wo pay heavily for our mail sorvicoa, and wo ought to got our monofft wort-b*