KAPONGA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 808, 10 June 1903, Page 4

KAPONGA.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

NEW POST OFFICE

This rfficp, which has just been compic'fd and handed over ro the department, was op<-ned 10 the pnblio for bush.c-s on lhu 18 h ins*. From outside appeor.incep, in n h showy lifc'le building, and an acqivsition to tho township, though the onlookf r is led to believe that the im-kitec* tnusi have considered fhnt in th s° p.rls iioiber ia scarce, especially in foundnt o-i blocks n» d a uds, ihfi latter being only 10ft in lvigh\ while the floor i» only a few inches al ove the gioumi, the'refure die building looks rather lov Th« entrance to the bu'lding is gained by a di.or leadhe to the public room, from thp T-hhiDU E ad. Aft»r en'ering. in the fi«-st room, 4ft x Gft, the private boxes, 33 in number, nro situated. Passing by these we enter tt li«l i« public room, which is sft Gin widp by i2-'t long. On ihe lefr, or east «i«le, arc r-r«cfced four defies, for the use of 111- 1 public, neatly divided, by glass screens fitfcfd in imuri niouUHngs. O > turning to tho right we find ourselves nt the de'ivery counter, wh( re. stntir.g our business to the courteous pcs mislr s°, Misa Bain, we gain cone* nt to vi«w the rfst of the building. Entrance is gamed to the mail 100 m, which is the largest in lh« building 12 x 18, by a door leading from the public room. This rorm i-scxcilo-i ly lighted by two large wind->\v.« on th« vves crn side of the ofnc, the fittings a- d appointments tlmugbou' beii g Kxcc'lei.i, while a firo pace is pro' idcl for thi« i comfort df tho (fticois when rt quired. ! Next wo conic to the telephone bos, wh ; ch is s : tuated near ti the entia c a frcm the public 100111. Thi- b xis a box irdetd, Ind a end t to 'he aVpartinentHl officers who devised i . r ''he box, 4ft x 4f.\ 's fi Ud wi'h the tplopho^c ".••Btnun-i ts, a-d ia liglred by a sma'l window t.v< r Uie^-iinn'C door, which gives about a« much light as a candle woulJ at 40ft dis'ance The rest of the bui'd ne i* for household purpose**, a> d c>nsiss of four rooms and a scullery. The dining or sitiing room, in wh'-ch a firepL.ca ia fitted, is 10ft 6in x lift, bt-diooui. off din ing- ••com, 1 J ft x 6ft Bin, kitchen 12ft 6in x 9f> 6'm. end bedroom. I off k.lchen, 9ft 6 n x Gft 8 n ; the scn'lerv, or porch, sft 6in x 6fr, is fitted wiih j siuk and cupboard." On the Eh ham ! road, at the entrance to 'he office, a paling fmce has bten erected en each [ side of che building. The buildeis. Messrs i Burrell and Co., of RMiitin, have done full justice to the work entrusted to their care, whil« the painting and piperhangI ing by Mr Hooker, and the plmnbii g by Mr I Larri't chow good wo kmansh : p throughout. In connection with iho ope ling of i the ofnV.e, th« Settlers' Ass ciat oiinvi'ed I Sir J. Ward to vistr. Kapo ga for that purpose. The S-creary of the Associa. tion informs me that the Minister in quesio 1 will, if time ia available before tho opei.i- g of Parliament, visit Kaponga, when, no doubt, a public address will be deliver* d. and most likely a banquet will be given to the visiting gentleman.