TIKOKINO.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7739, 22 June 1916, Page 2

TIKOKINO.

THE MAIL SERVICE QUESTIO (Own Correspondent). At the special meeting of seta held on Saturday last, it was derii to enter a most emphatic proK against the proposed alteration off mail service for the following i* lowing reasons: —(1) From Tikon the distance to Waipukurau is ** miles further than the distance I Waipawa; (2) Waipawa is thebj ness centre of the district; (3)J whole of the telephone conned* some 312, are with the Waipawa <j change; (4) to make Waipukurau J postal centre would involve conM and delay in the delivery of nuj causing annoyance to the settlers-1 present there are 10 private mailj on the Tikokino-Waipawa whereas on the proposed new there would be but three. The adj tages of changing routes are what obscure. As a second daily J service is badly needed for this J trict, and one goes to Onga, _i j been suggested that that mipj continued on here, if the Depart*! wish to experiment with a ebanfj One is glad to notice that tMj«| some movement being made to«J tree-planting in the district, njl it remembered, the trees will nedj tention, and in time to come, kept within bounds, will positive nuisance. Trees in Fl positions are invaluable for shelter, and timber, but here have attained such a size as lO J out the sun’s rays in winter Sunless houses are often unMJ and, where high trees are thejj drastic legislation is needed the owners to remove them, jj 1 same way as public bodies wij allow- their roads to he shaded. J the health of human beings is of as much consideration as of the thoroughfares they use- B Mr R, Just, physical inst** inspector, visited this school ou ■ day, and expressed great satis especially with the progress 0 ■ senior classes. m