BRANCH OFFICES

Southland Times, Issue 25367, 20 August 1935, Page 6

BRANCH OFFICES

POST AND TELEGRAPH THREE FOR INVERCARGILL MINISTER’S LETTER The Government has decided to establish three suburban post offices—one at Invercargill North, another at Waikiwi and a third at South Invercargill as soon as a suitable location has been found. Advice to this effect was received yesterday by Mr James Hargest, M.P., in the following letter from the Post-master-General (the Hon. Adam Hamilton): “In reference to your representations regarding the provision of branch post offices at North and South Invercargill, I am pleased to inform you that it has been decided to establish an office at Invercargill North, in the vicinity of St. Andrew, Mary, Sydney and Ritchie streets, and also at Waikiwi in conjunction with the existing telephone office there. In addition, a post office will be opened at South Invercargill, but my inquiries concerning a suitable location there are not yet completed. It is intended to provide telephone, telegraph, money order and savings banking facilities at all three offices.” The matter of the establishment of suburban post offices was ventilated at a meeting of the Invercargill City Council on July 2 by Councillor A. W. Jones, whose motion, as follows, was carried: “That strong representation be made to the Post and Telegraph Department to provide facilities lor suburban offices at North and South Invercargill.” Mr Hargest, when in Wellington, interested himself in the representations on the subject, while a remit of a like nature appeared on the agenda paper of the Southland League for the annual pre-sessional conference with Southland members of Parliament on Friday.