TE ARO POST OFFICE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 552, 6 July 1909, Page 3

TE ARO POST OFFICE.

ALMOST COMPLETED.

Within the next fortnight, the new post office' building in Ghuznee Street, which the Te Aro 1 people have for a long time agitated ■ for— successfully at last—will he ready for occupation, if not even for the transaction of public business. The. building is a solid-looking threestoried structure,' not without somo'artistio features in architecture, an^d,in its general plan of interior-division:should prove to be admirably suited io its purpose :and also to the convenience of the staff and the general public: /' A .representativeof. The Dominion .was shown over.lthe premises yesterday by Mr; P. Potter (Clerk of Works).' The main entrance is situated .at one'of the corners of the building,-and gives access to a handsomely-tiled vestibule, from which open, on the right, the box room and, public telephone ■ bureau,,' and on the left the main public office. The double doors of the public office are in,suggestive, contrast to the cramped entrance to the similar department in the G.P.0., building, and so is the capacity of the feet odd by 24 feet, with a public counter'running- length of the room, while the partitioned public desks run almost, theentire length. The publio counter is fronted by,a handsome brass lwsii-screeu.' Boyonu. viio public room, in'a',line. with the doors," is the private office of the postmaster, and the strongroom, while to the rear is divisioned: off the mail'ioom, messengers' room, and telephone exchange, The'delivery.boxes are of the standardi type, .and provision has been made for .the. extension: bf the number at present to be installed -112: ';;'"■ ■■•■ .: ,--• '", The upper floors of the building are not yet marked down for any definite purpose. Messrs.' Sanders _Bros. are the contractors for the building;, '.which... was. erected, under Government supervision, from designs prepared by Mr. J. Charl6sworth.','.''■■"' .-''.-■ '.