THE CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY STATIONS AND THE POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1802, 24 January 1884, Page 2

THE CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY STATIONS AND THE POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE.

Co.VMnJHixt; t'lo number of deputations which h ive be-in formed, the petitions and counter petitions which have been drawn up, and the cunmuuicatious which have been passing t'> and fro b jtweeu the Government and the C unbridire Uisttict public on the mvttei of the Cimbiidge railway station fitc, &c\, it is sonuwh.it .surprising that ere now the fact that it is proposed to win-'c the post and telograp'.i office in conjunction wit'i the railway, on tin bank of the Lik<\ 01, at least, t> have the two building united under one roof, lias not attracted fc'ie attention of the public. This may be ace muted for by the fact that such a proposal has not yet bsen heard of publicly : or else, we feel certain, the Government would have heard more on the subject. We have examined the plans of the Cambridge station, lying at the post-office, Cambridge, and we find th i building contains ticket office, post atid telegraph office, public office, and private letter boxes, and from this we infer that both institutions are to be combined, and instead of having our post-office convenient to the business public of the town, and ojutially situated, it is to be removed about ten minutes walk from its present position. There is surely something incongruous and diabolically economical about this ariaugemenl which the Cambridge public will hardly care to submit to. The arrangement is one which may be highly suitable to a country \illage, where the entire .settlement does not extend over a ten acre patch, but in the case of a progressive and rapidly developing centre like Cambridge something of a more extensive and decidedly more business-like character is required. We have merely taken in hand to point out this matter before any definite steps aie taken to cany out the proposal, in the hope of giving the business public an opportunity of making the necessary enquiries and remonstrances. The question is one requiring their immediate attention, and we feel certain it will receive it.