ST. HELIERS BAY NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18939, 10 February 1925, Page 12

ST. HELIERS BAY NOTES.

POST OFFICE PROGRESS, MISSION BAY LOAN POLL* The new post office at St. Heiiers Bay, which was opened at the end of November last, is filling a long-felt want, and the up-to-date facilities now provided give promise of a large increase in revenue. Instead of transacting their postal business in the city, as formerly, many local residents now patronise their own office, as there is not the inevitable delay there was formerly under the somewhat primitive conditions then prevailing. The office is now open all day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Formerly there was an awkward break from 12 to 1 p.m. The hours on Saturday have also been extended to 5 p.m., which is a valuable advantage. Residents o! St. Heiiers hope shortly to see au extension of hours at the local telephone (exchange. At present the telephone communication is limited to 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. As soon as 50 subscribers are enrolled there will bo an extension of service from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. As the exchange has only been open for about 12 months, it speaks volumes for the progress of the district that an extension of hours is already in sight. Work in connection with the new sea wall is making rapid progress. The recent spell of fine weather has precluded any delay in the operations'. When com- | pleted the improvements should add greatly to the waterfront attractions of the bay. The Glendowie golf links are already looking attractive, arid should be available for play during the corning winter. Golfers will doubtless encounter a rough hole or two, but from present indications they should at least bo assured of a. good game. The links give promise of developing into one of the finest golf ing courses in the Dominion. If the club could secure the necessary money u> purchase the old homestead in the vic.initv of the course it would provide an idcaJ clubhouse. The loan proposals of the Tamaki Road Board for the raising of sufficient money to purchase an area of land at Mission Bay (Flying School Bay), for a public reserve do not seem to have aroused much enthusiasm in the St. Heiiers Bay area. Many residents fail to realise the advantages the Tamaki Road Board, and incidentally themselves, will derive from the park in the years to come. Judging from the comments by numerous local ratepayers, they seem to think that Kohimarania residents will reap all the benefits which the park will confer. Infantile paralysis restrictions have had a marked effect on the number of visitors to the bay this summer. With under 16 years barred from steamer excursion trips the beach is seldom crowded in these days. Building activity is very marked in St. Heiiers Bay just now. Many new residences are being erected, and several new subdivisions are proposed. These facts give evidence of a substantial increase in j population iu the near future.