I WAS shocked to learn of your  imminent shutdown, and hope fervently that you will be back in due course.

Mildura is my family background: my grandfather established a furniture and toy shop in Langtree Avenue in the pioneer 1880s; my father Bert Hedgcock joined the Post Office there in 1911, and was prominent in various local activities – and I started school at Mildura West in 1937.

My...