Greymouth Evening Star, AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE. TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1901. POST AND TELEGRAPH.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 9 April 1901, Page 2

Greymouth Evening Star, AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE. TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1901. POST AND TELEGRAPH.

The absolute necessity for the erection of new Post and Telegraph Oflices forces us to again revert to the subject. It will be remembered that at a recent meeting of the Chamber of Commerce the following letter was received from the Department in reply to an application for a new structure :—“ I have the honor, by direction, to acknowledge the receipts of your letter of the 18th instant, covering copy of resolution passed by your Chamber urging the erection of a new post office building at Greymouth, and, in reply, to inform you that the PostmasterGeneral, after careful consideration, regrets ho does not see his way to provide a new building'at present, as it is considered that the existing one, with the alterations that are to be carried out, should meet all reasonable requirements for some time to come.” Those who have occasion to visit the office know well enough that the structure is insufficient for requirements ; is delapidated, leaky, rotten and insanitary. It is well known that Dr. Morice, senior, has repeatedly declared the structure to be dangerous to health. It is also known that Dr. Morice, junior, has been asked to report upon the same, and as the Premier is now hero on a visit, we suggest to the Mayor the desirability, in conjunction with the Member for

the district, of waiting upon Mr. Seddon and asking him to make a personal inspection. Such inspection will speedily convince a practical mind of the necessity of putting down the present undersized and unhealthy structure and erecting in place thereof a building sufficient for requirements and one in which the inmates may dwell and do their work in a healthy atmosphere. This they cannot do in the edifice that does duty for Post and Telegraph offices.