THAMES POST OFFICE

Evening Star, Issue 22684, 25 June 1937, Page 16

THAMES POST OFFICE

FOUNDATION STONE LAID [Per United Press Association.] THAMES, June 24. The foundation stone of the Thames new chief post office,- which is now in the course of erection, was laid by the Postmaster-General (Hon. F. Jones) this afternoon, before a large crowd. in the course of his speech the Minister said that his department was a bigger concern than just for posting letters and sending telegrams. It had a variety of activities. La-it year the turnover of the department was £220,000,000. At the end of the financial year a total of £58,000,000 was standing to the credit of savings bank depositors, a record for that branch of the business. Mr Jones referred to the developments in transport, especially air, and the department’s realisation of their potentialities. Incorporated in the new building, he said, would be many of the latest developments in telephonic communication. The Minister was presented with a silver trowel by Mr R. Stewart, on behalf of the contractors, Messrs W. H. Whittaker and Co. Ltd., as a memento of the occasion. Other speakers included Mr J. Thorn, M.P., and- also local body officials.