WELLINGTON POST OFFICE.
■'PREMIER REPLIES .TO MR. RTJTHER- ."■.'' ; 1 _; (Dt - ASSOC! AT10N.),.. - : \S^;5"S:^-Siy ; p*i:j;Rdtoru^F^bruary,9;h' l ;■■ The; statement made by' Mr. A; W;-Rutherford;ex-M.P.,"regarding the ■Wel-lington-Post Office,-was/referred to, by -the :Postmaster-Generar-(£!ir'Joseph,:Ward) in .the:. course ;of an :■■ interview to-night; • .The assortion;,of-: Mr.v Rutherford that' all! .the . Bphoo:, iiv the ..Genera] Post:. Office r at ■ Wellingc ton Vwas..'not-. occupied-was, 1 -- Sir Joseph -said: .quite. contrary, to faot/i The Department was paying the sum of £2660.as rental foroutsido ; premises ,that had : t«: be. leased-in 'carrying' on.branches.offtho'businessnfor "whiqh room 'could.-not.; bo .found vin-'the General : Post 'Office.-:;;-riiisEntailed. a-great"deal of- : -extra labour; by treason of divided states and the ..maintenance : of.a "niossehgerservice v between :the.--different offices;, and it'also'caused inconvenience to; ; the -public.': :To'' sheiv-'that■' Wellington; was not -being treated exceptionally' ..with, regard to post office cxpen'diture,'he re,forred to the proposed now office at , Auckland, and-,tp;the;sunis;that:had been spent'in past -years on^improTemcnts ; at"-Aucklaud; Christ- : churc'l, DunediiVj' and' other"towns. " ■.. ■
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 428, 10 February 1909, Page 7
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148WELLINGTON POST OFFICE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 428, 10 February 1909, Page 7
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