MAILS TO ARAPUNI.

Putaruru Press, Volume II, Issue 13, 10 January 1924, Page 2

MAILS TO ARAPUNI.

SERVICE FROM TE AWAMUTU. Position Explained. The publication in an Auckland daily non . paper on Monday of an item from Te Awamutu that a return daily mail service had now been .inaugurated between Te Awamutu and Arapuni, via Pukeatua, was referred to the chief postmaster at Hamilton on Tuesday by a representative of the Putaruru Press. Mr. Coad replied that an offer had been made by the mail contractor for the Te Awamutu-Pukeatua mail, which in the past had been run thrice weekly, to increase the service to daily foi a small consideration and extend it to Arapuni gratis. The offer had been accepted and the chief postmaster had advised the Public Works staff at Arapuni that if they so desired they could utilise this new service for the transport of the private mail bar? which serves them and which in the past has gone to the Puketurua post office. Mr. Coad concluded by stating that the question of the establishment of a post office at Arapuni had not been ! lost sight of, .intimating that when a post office was established there the question of mail services to and from Arapuni would then have to be decided. ' In answer to questions on . the matter the Public Works Office at Arapuni stated that they would probably make use of this mail service to Te Awamutu. Tt would mean taking the mails from the office about a quarter of a mile to connect with the service, as against about two miles to the Puketurua post office to connect with the service to Putaruru. It will be recalled that in reply to the Development Board the chief postmaster wrote on October 3 last: — “ In reference to your letter of the 26th alt. on the subject of the estab- , lishment of a mail service from Putaruru to Arapuni in the near future, 1 have to inform you that this matter will receive consideration in due course. At present the Public Works Department’s requirements are met by a private bag service from Puketurua, and it is anticipated that some four or five months will elapse before any improvement in the mail service will be necessary. Any action taken by the Postal Department will be in conjunction with the requirements of the Public Works Department. 1 am pleased to note, that you are of the opinion that, in the event of tenders being called for services from Putaruru, these would be forthcoming. This information will not be lost sight of in this office.”