DELIVERY OF LETTERS.
MONOPOLY OF POST OFFICE. (PRESS ASSpCJATJOJf TlfUtGßilt.) ■ WELLINGTON March 5.' Fftrni thp nature of some private mail riolivery pphfijHos hjiyp been suggested pi nee the increased postage rates were annpunced, it is obvious casiny people t|o not knpw that tfte of Jpt{.ers &i}d most plassea of mp.jl matter i§ the mpßppoly qf tbe Ppst Office. A letter pan delivered for a firm by a servant or a messenger ppecia]ly employed for the purpose, put with few except iqns suph as parcels or newspapers, the only legal intermediary for the carriage and: delivery of correspondence jstlie Post Office. "The Post Office will protect its monopoly," declared the Second Assistant Secretary to the Post Office, Ml" W. -J f Gpw, whqn hiß attention wfts drawn tqf h pfßpPsal to a prjvfitp qpliyery service. Tfle P«St Office, he eajd, a monqpoly delivery .of letters, postcards, letterpafds, and papers, which inplnt)e4 ficcoupts, qr sample packets. Thp inpnqpoiy 4id IP I ■apply to parcels or newspapers.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20179, 6 March 1931, Page 11
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164DELIVERY OF LETTERS. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20179, 6 March 1931, Page 11
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