POST OFFICE WEEDED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19335, 27 May 1937, Page 3

POST OFFICE WEEDED

TIKITIKI TOWNSHIP DKPtTATTON To MINISTER (Herald Special llcporlerl TIKITIKI. Ibis iliiy. Til 111!' i-rnii-M- ..I his lour down III" j East Coast, which he resumed tlii.-= mornintr. the Hon It- Seiuple. .Minister of Public Works, paid an parly call at Tikiliki. where ho and his parly were I warmly welcomed. It. was nicnlionrtl by a deputation j of businessmen and settlers of tin l | bourhood Hint Tikiliki liad advanced materially during: the past few year.-}, | and lliat'lhe postal facilities in the town- j

I ship were inadequate, .1 new office being ! require,l [0 deal with the business offer- ! hig, and to house fittingly the departI input's stall' and equipment. The Minis- ! lev undertook to convey the representations of the settlers to the Postmastert leneial. The district riv-mber. Mr. A. (!. Hullipiisl, look nn o]iportnnity to convey flic j regrets of the lion. I'. .Tones, Postmasteri Ceneral, concerning his inaliility to reach ; Tikiliki on Ids reeenl visit in the Coast. I IK- could assure 1 he feathering, he said. : 1 hat Mr. dunes iniieli regretted iiavina; 1 in turn hack before seeing Tikiliki. and thai the request forwarded through the Minister nl I'ublh Works would ; receive lull com iderat ion. The party w,i; due ;il Ruatoria to-day for lunch, and 111 the eoui'se of the afternoon was I" ineel deputations and i make inspections ol public works proposals in ihe Wainpu Valley. This evening the Minister will slay at Te l'uin.

and to-morrow the lour of the Coast wil. he continued. .\ special function has been arranged for the visit of the Minister to Tolag; Pay. School children of both races wil! lie'assembled there, and Mr. Sempie wil adress the children briefly on their obli gations to their country. Mrs. Sempie who accompanies the Minister on tin tour, has consented to make present:, lions of Coronation .souvenirs to tin children.