A POST OFFICE FOR NORTH DUNEDIN.

Evening Star, Issue 3407, 22 January 1874, Page 2

A POST OFFICE FOR NORTH DUNEDIN.

Re . s , erve CommitteeJlaid before the, City Council at its meetincTast vf m com J ° leu d ed that a portion bf; the North Dunedin Recreation Ground should be given to the General Government for the purpose °f erecting a post and telegraphic office thereon.-Councillor Prosser oppSsed r men i atloa : He considered it a hat Government should ask for landwhen they could aflbrd to'buy it.—CounciHor Reeves also opposed. "It would be a great pity , to spoil the finest reSdS the " Mr posctiit. There were other pieces of land the C'S 1 ' abe could be Purchased, by founds TW V b°S tW ° ? r , tbr( * pounas. They had no right to ask the Conned for any ground.—Councillor Barnes o Burt ?»PPorted the recommendation. Councillor barndS said if tffey 2® ccffish over their reserves they would probably have them taken away altogether inuK W rni e °?J y servants of the Government, jun,} Che Government could override any law which that Council might pass.—Coun. ciUor Beck said the reserves they had wiire too few, and ho would oppose any ground of the people s which was placed under the care pt the Council, being plienatod to the Government. Xt the same time he had ho t w °T SO , tbe - CounciUor Woodland would, oppose any nor. ti.ou of_ the Caledonian Reserve to 1 the J Cbvofrimeht. Council? the tSfe H - be mstructedto write tbthe Hon. the Premier, and state that the could not grant the application,—Councillor Reeves said that as the Premier wish that this post-office -should bffcf Smk a position as to be a convenience residents of the Water of Leith hf eSi’-S?

lie would move, - V That the Council offer Ijo the General Government a portion of the Belt, near : the Water of , Leith Bridge, for the purposes of a post and : telb- , groph office.’’—Councillor Reeves seconded ' Councillor Walter’s motion! —Ultimately the clause of the report-in reference to the h<orth Dunedin grounds was expunged. —Councillor Prosser said,the amendment of Councillor Walter was as bad' as the rocommendatioh contained in the report. ‘ Besides, the site suggested was much too far north.—Councillor Ramsay would also oppose the amendment of Councillor Walter. —Councillor Barnes hoped that Councillors would in future look after committee work, and not come up at Council meetings and oppose what their colleagues on th se committees had done. He would move, “ That a pieco of land be given at the'corner of King and Albany : streets. ” Councillor Walter’s amendment was lost, and Councillor Barnes's I amendment was not . seconded..: The matter was ultimately referred back to tho, committee for further consideration. i