SUBURBANITES' LETTERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 59, 10 March 1915, Page 2

SUBURBANITES' LETTERS.

A POINT CHEVALIER PROMISE. THE MEMBER'S GOC>D OFFICES. The residents at Point Chevalier were considerably exercised lately,- whtm it was announced "tlfat *.f lioir local' post" office' and telephone bureau were to be closed down. This action on the part of the Department naturally came as a great hardship after six yeare, but the official explanation Was-that the poet office was not paying.ite way, or_at anj'-rate»_was not paying the chare of the way which 1 the Department required. • At this juncture ifau. C. J. Parr, M:P. : f?T the district,, .and" the.jnenxbera. of the Eoad Board, approached the Chief Post--1 master, and later .waited upon Mr. Massey xipon the sajne subject. They pointed p.ut was .a rapidly-growing suburb, i-liat there vv-as ■ a population of 700. w;ithin a 1 radius.of a mile oLthe.post oflicc-. New ' areas were constantly ■ being subdivided ' and sold, and there had 'been pro;bab!y over one; hundred new houses built in • tie vicinity within "the "last" two-j-cara. ; As the result of tie aptiv-ity- shown, ■ Mr. Parr to-day reccii-ed notice froni the ! Chief Postmaster-that-in view of the '• representations maxhv-and .the_.pK>spccte of future increase of business, the post • office will be reopened. It is to be understood, however, that these arrangements axe. subject to further review should circumstances warrant such a course.