MINISTERIAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 289, 3 June 1912, Page 3

MINISTERIAL

. ISBE POSTMASTER-GENERAL AT ROTORUA. By Telegraph—Press Association. Rotorua, Friday. The Hon.. H. G. Ell, Postmaster-Gen-eral, who paid a short visit to Rotorua in connection with the question of the propos>ed site for a new post office here, informed a press representative to-day that the telegraph, business for April, ,1912, showed a, large increase over that for the corresponding month of 1911. Telegrams to the number of 524,743 were forwarded, of a total value of £16,448, an increase in number of <51,437, and in value of £2154. The per- • centage of increase was 13.26, and in ravenue 15.08. Telephone bureau messages showed a very large increase. The number dealt with was 221,364, of a value of £6055, an increase in number of 47,102, and in revenue £1202, or an increase per centage in number, qf 27.03, and of revenue 26.35. There would appear to have been an unusual expansion of trade 1 last month, as compared with April, 1911, •" s the increase in telegraph business is much above normal. Mr; Ell to-day opened the new post office at Putaruru, on.the Auckland-Ro-torua railway. Speaking at h iuhcheon, he said l that Mr. MasSey was always complaining that Ministers were perambulating around the country, but he considered it right and proper for - them to visit all parts of the country, in > ordeT to make themselves acquainted with the legitimate requirements. If j Ministers were chained to their office j tables at Wellington the government of the country might as well be handed over to the und'er-secretarieg of departments,