We hare from time to time received complaints from settlers in the Upper Thames regarding the inconvenience they are put to for want of a post office, the nearest one being at Morrinsville, to reach which some have to ride 25 or 30 miles to get their letters—no trifling journey if there were a certainty of letters lying waiting for them, but much more unsatisfactory when it has to be undertaken sometimes for nought. There are now three or four steamers running on the Waihou above its junction with the Ohinemuri Eiver, and it would not involve very much work to make up a bi-weekly or triweekly mail via Paeroa. Omahu, we are informed, would be a central place for the Post Office, and as there are several stores established there, we hope ihe authorities will take steps to meet the urgent necessities of the case. The district is one that will probably receive a gradual but increasing secession of population from this time ; and as for the outlay involved, it would be so trifling as to be unworthy consideration in com ? parison with the public convenience that would be served.
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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3084, 6 January 1879, Page 2
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191Untitled Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3084, 6 January 1879, Page 2
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