Post Office Wanted West of Queen Street

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 711, 10 July 1929, Page 11

Post Office Wanted West of Queen Street

LARGE meeting held BUSINESSMEN’S SUPPORT Businessmen, storekeepers, . and rfents Of the large area surroundStreet West met this «»rnoon and expressed their opinions the establishment of a office in Manchester Unity “imitation was started some time ago the leading businessmen of the and a petition signed by hundreds People was forwarded to the Chief o Jtmaster at Auckland, Mr. J. J. X< The prime movers in this effort to at least one post office west of sen Street were Mr. W. Parkinson iU , \ir. F. Hills, of Thompson and w. Robert Laidlaw was elected to fciiair. There were between 40 and 0 men present. \fr Laidlaw said that other districts JJJjgkout the city had post offices, ncluding Three Lamps, Upper Queen ■rrtet Newmarket, and Ponsonby. The Victoria Street West district was a -owing district, and in the future the " jtf would extend that way from ‘ een Street. It was felt that they -lust have postal facilities. The meetL had been called with the object '/ asking for that. *Mr. Parkinson said a post office was , lje io the residents of the district, r d that they had been too long in -Ring lo** n - The necessity for the uMt office must be evident to every"xh* following resolutions were then itrried: — That this meeting of business men id citizens of the area west of Queen street, called to support the petition eaented to the Post and aph Department. requesting the stmaster-Ceneral to establish a inch post office at, say, the corner Hobson and Victoria Streets, pledges • *eif to support such branch when ' That this meeting most cordially mules Mr. W. E. Parry, M.P., for his Ivocacy of the establishment of a ranch post office, and requests him io use every effort in securing it.” That Mr. J. J. Kearney be thanked for hi* courteous attention to the deputation which waited on him.”