MARTON POST OFFICE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12017, 25 March 1920, Page 4

MARTON POST OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENTS WANTED. At last night’s meetug of Marton Chamber of Commerce the. following letter was received from Mr ACM Parkinson:—“lt is evident from the visits of officers of the P and T Department and also officers of the Public Works Department that a move is on to make ,mdch required alterations to the local Post Office. I would suggest that a small committee from the Chamber of Com-' merce be appointed to keep this matter under observation. In the past the Government hashed a fairly free band in dealing with matters in this town—the railway station, etc. We usually wake up when it is too late to mend matters and I therefore suggest that your Chamber set up a. small committee in order that these suggested alterations can be kept: under close observation and to see that adequate provision is made for future requirements as well as temporary ones. I believe that tho new Postmaster will press for great things; and I think the Chamber should write to the Postmaster-General, through Mr Glenn, M.P, and stress very strongly the needs of an np-to-date Post Office, but not necessarily a new one. Should the present building be found weak in the foundations and unable to bear the strain of a top storey, there seems, no serions barm in incorporating the Courthouse side into the Post Office and erecting a Courthouse elsewhere. I feel confident that now is the time for action on the part of the Marton people and to m3' mind that action should emarate from the Chamber of Commerce.” Mr Low read a resolution from the Retailers’ Association, pointing out that more accommodation was urgently needed. If the foundations of the present building wonld not carry a second storey, perhaps the Courthouse could be acquired and a new ConrtbouSe erected elsewhere. The present Post Office building was. unsightly.

" Mr Brice ’referred to the congestion at the Post Office at times. The office was very much understaffed, but there- was no room to put tho staff. There was no question but that the time had arrived for a better 'building. As to the clock it was a shame to have such a timepiece which only goes sometimes. They should use every effort to bring about better conditions and should support the Retailers, if a deputation was not effective thej’ should call a public meeting o! protest. Mr Mogridge also entered a protest- I 'against the confounded clock, which tfiongh attended to stopped again. He also agreed as to congestion and the difficnlty of accommodating a larger staff. Mr Brice suggested they should go. in for a new Post Office

Mr Low pointed oat that the private letter box lobby was not large enough the delivery of parcels owing to insufficient accommodation was bad On the motion of Mr Brice it was resolved: That this Chamber of Commerce co-operate with the Retaliers’ Association in making representation to the Postmaster-General, through the local Postmaster, requesting that a new Post Office be erected.

The deputation will wait on the: Postmaster on Friday morning.