LOST POSTAL MATTES
FOUND IN HARBOUR. (Bv Telegraph. — Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. Mr Page, S.M., commenced an inquiry to-day regarding the non-delivery by the post office of mail matter. Recently Joseph Murphy, postman, was charged with having, on or about December 10, negligently lost a bundle of letters, which was 'afterwards found in the boat harbour. The offence was not proved. It was limn decided to h " ,li ;,n inquiry. The Department admi s the receipt and non-delivery of the letters and contents. Murphy was responsible for the, non-delivery. It :s mh-ged that some 35,000 letters were receiv'd hv tlie Dost otiieo from lii** Xev/ Alliance for delivery in Hie nty end suburbs, and v/vp* sorb-d IXO sorters, and delivered to live separate carriers. Some TO. it is stud, were given to Murphy for on ‘) these were found in the hurboui, near which' an open storm water channel emerged, that channel being eonneeted with another which opened wumn GO yards of Murphy’s residence.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14266, 17 January 1920, Page 6
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163LOST POSTAL MATTES Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14266, 17 January 1920, Page 6
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