NEW POST OFFICE.
By Telegraph—Press Association, j HASTINGS, January 27. The Prima Minister, this afternoon, laid the foundation stone of the new Post Office at Hastings in the presence of a large number of residents. In the course of a speech, Sir Joseph Ward said that the erection of the building was tangible evidence of the policy of the Government in putting up of permanent public j buildings of the kind, that was wanted. He spoke of the wonderfully successful result of the operations of the Post and Telegraph Department, and went on to give assurance that the statement of the Dominion's finances for the last nine months, which would come out very shortly, would [show that New Zea land was the only one of a|i countries, including Americca and the United Kingdom, to show increased revenue. Ha commented upon the progress made by Hastings during the last few years, and said that its wonderful future was due to the cutting up of ■ land--a policy which the Government were determined to continue.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3103, 28 January 1909, Page 6
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172NEW POST OFFICE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3103, 28 January 1909, Page 6
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