The Archive · 1897

The Imperial Post

A-new method has been instituted by the 'Imperial Post for the conveyance: of our mails: to the west. Private couriers. are now employed by the postal: authorities to run' the: service, and. we are-hopeful that the new system will be an-improvement upon the old, which was distinctly tantalising: and inconvenient. Parcels which, to our unbounded astonishment, have recently been: shipped by junk from are henceforth to corns on in the Pay way wonder "that few of our parcels arrived overland, and the outlook, thanks to the energy of the domestic authorities, is certainly much brighter than it was, 'No fault is to be found with the management of the local office, where enthusiasm: and courtesy are the order of the day. Had similar' attention: been aid to the -westcing: mails: by the authorities. elsewhere there would have: been Jess occasion for the grumbling-which has been-heard-in our

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