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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 86, 13 April 1917, Page 4

A short time ago the Chief Postmaster in Wellington issued notices to the occupants of 1660 houses, whose places* of residence stand so far back from the road as\ to cause a serious waste of time in the delivery at the door of postal matter, informing such that it vvas not proposed to cont' that service much longer, and advising them to provide letter boxes near the street gate. Out of the 1660 who received the notices, 1400 replied by •securing letter boxes and placing them in a position convenient to the postman. In 260 instances no notice, was taken. That, Jiowever, will not last for long, for within a week, the Post Office "authorities will issiie instructions that correspondence is not to be delivered to such places. In times like the present, when the authorities are harassed in many ways for want of labor, the public must be made to assist the public services or take Xhe consequences Why do you drink No. 10? Becanse^'ONE OTJGHT."-rAdrt.; "Let iis run the country by women or by niggers," said a proiniiient member of the Committee of. the Southland League at a meeting last week; "but for goodness sake don*t let us import Australian shirkers to run it." This remark was greeted with applauso and "Hear hears." It was occasioned by a discussion on the action of the chairman of No. 2 Otago Military Service lAppeal Board in advocating that firms should advertise in Australia for applicants to fill vacancies on their respective staffs. The following motion was carried unanimously: "That this meeting of the Committee of the Invercargill branch of the Southland League protests very strongly against the suggestion of the chairman of the Second t3tago Military Service Appeal Board that positions of New Zealand men called up for military service should be filled by men knported from Australia." ■ V. An extraordinary case, brought under the Indecent Publications Act, was heard in the Juvenile Court at Wellington yesterday. The defendant was a young boy who, at the time of the offence, was employed in si city office, and the charges were that he caused iudeeent letters to be sent to two young prirls employed in tlio same office. When the matter was taken up by the police the defendant admitted the offence, but in -Court he pleaded not guilty, and stated that ho only made the statement on condition that nothing would be heard about the matter. After examining specimens of handwriting submitted to him. the Magistrate (Mr li. G. Reid, S.M.) held that the boy was guilty -of the offence, an<3 imposed a fine of £5.

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