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A endix E Small business, services etc.
The office remained there until 30 June 1901 when it was moved to
purpose-built premises adjacent to the police station and barracks.
The stone cottage used for ten years from 1891 was also subject of
complaint, with the postmaster writing to his superiors in March 1898 that
"The quarters ... are situated between two slaughter yards to which area
attached pig and cow pens, one less than fifty yards and the other less
than one hundred yards distant. .." (NSWP02)
In 1907, just six years after moving into an official post office building
adjacent to the Police Station, Milparinka Post Office once again become a
contract office, operating from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. A petition protesting the
change of status was signed by fifty-four persons, only three of whom were
residents of the town.