ROYAL OAK POST OFFICE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 930, 25 March 1930, Page 7

ROYAL OAK POST OFFICE

PROTEST AGAINST REMOVAL A. vigorous protest was made by the Onehunga Borough Council last even ing against the proposed transfer of the Royal Oak post office from the central site it now occupies to a position several chains distant from the business centre. A request for more commodious premises was made some few weeks ago by the Borough Council and the Onehunga Chamber of Commerce, and it was anticipated that one of the vacant shops near the Seddon Monument would have been selected by the postal authorities, but the Borough Council now realises that it is a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire. Cr. S. Vella introduced the question last evening, when he severely criticised the action of the postal officials in their failure to consult local opinion before finally selecting the present site several chains distant from the business centre, while there were plenty cf available shops at the Royal Oak corner. A letter was read from one of the principal shopkeepers at the Royal Oak in which he said that grave inconvenience would be caused to business men and public alike by the change and that they would much prefer to suffer the inadequacy of the old premises than the loss of time going to and frem the new' site. Cr. F. W. Mountjoy considered that the department had shown a deplorable lack of knowledge as to the requirements of fhe public, while Cr. J. Pilkington contended that the natural position of the post office was close to one of the street corners and complained that both the council and the Chamber of Commerce had been ignored by the postal officials. On the motion of Cr. Vella, seconded by the Mayor, it was unanimously decided to forward a strong protest to the Postmaster General and to ask him to reconsider the question.