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SOME INTERESTING DISCLOSURES.
Tho nppended letter from a correspondent
throws some light, on the cause of the dolaya
cpmplaimed of, and contains some rather start
ling allegations relative to' the inner working
of the. sorting branch at the General Post
Office. The statement that baskets of mail
matter, comprising papers and paokots, and
also lettors poBted in tho suburban pillar
boxes, are habitually delayed, should receive
the early attention of the Postmaster-
General
TO T11E EDITOR OP TOE AOE.
Sir, — In reading OTer The Age this morning,
I noticed a paragraph on tho Post Office. I am
glad your valuable paper has taken notice of
how tho mails are sorted in the General Post
Office. Ono reason of the delay in the
delivery of printed matter is that there
are not enough men ; anothor is that
the mail room is too small fur tho busi
ness that lias to bo dotie in the offico. The
room is no larger now than when it waa
originally built, although the . correspondence
that passes through the office has increased ten
fold. The complaint is applicable not only to
the English mail. Tho ordinary colonial letters,
papers and packets that are postod in time are
ottou not sorted, and cannot ho sorted under
the present state of things. In tho case of the
enrly morning staff numbers of letters are left
behind, though the officers work their hardest
to got away all they can. Now, sir, this state
of things ought not to exist. The public are
hood-winked. What I am telling you is trulh,
as I have seen it, and have worked under the
disadvantages to whioh I refer. You may
make inquiries at tho offico, and it they toil tho
truth it rviil' be tho strno as I have written.
Ou the early staff it ia common for 10 to 12
baskets of papers and packots to bo left behind.
In faot it is not sato lo post letters or papers in
ths uillarB in tho suburbs, as thov aro likulv to
be delayed. One Who Knows.
MeRra-rue, 16th February.
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