NON-DELIVERY OF MAIL.
A WELLINGTON INQUIRY.
[Peh Press Association.] A PLLLMd J (>.\, January IG. -Ur I ago, S.M., commenced iin inrjnjry to-day regarding the non-riciivery Gy the Po-t Oliicc ol' mail matter. I{J. ceutly Joseph Murphy, a postman, was cliargwl with having, about, Doccmlmr u[, negligently lost a bundle of letters which were afterwards found in the Goat harbour, but the offence was not proved. It was then decided to hold an inquiry. 'I he Department admits the receipt and non-delivery of tho letters and contents, and that Mur-phv was lesponsible. tor tho non-delivery. it was alleged that some aj.OOO letters wore lecenod by the Post Office from the - ou Zealand Alliance lor delivery jn the city and suburbs, and wore sorted Gy five sorters ami delivered to five separate carriers. Some seventv, it is eaid, were given to -Murphy for delivery and these were found 'in tho harbour near which an open storm water channel emerged, that cha.miol beiim connected with another which, opened I'ithra sixty yards of Murphy’s residence.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19847, 16 January 1920, Page 6
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171NON-DELIVERY OF MAIL. Star (Christchurch), Issue 19847, 16 January 1920, Page 6
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