POSTAL NOTES AND WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
mi 1 i m " STATEMENT BY THE HON. R. E. RHODES. (S? TELjiaiU*K--rR.ESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, 3rd February. The remarks of the Hon. C. E. Frazer, Commonwealth Postmaster-General, a$ contained in a cable message from Melbourne to-day, .were brought under the notice of the Hon. R. Heaton Rhodes, Postmaster-General of New Zealand. Mr. Rhodes said that the reference in the cable message to the cheapening of rates on postal notes was an error. The matter discussed between the two Post-masters-General was the question of interchange of postal notes between the Commonwealth and the Dominion, or the acceptance by the Commonwealth of Bri' tish" postal notes issued in New Zealand. At present sums of money cannot be sent from the Dominion to Australia by means of postal notes, and the proposals above referred to were discussed. Mr. Rhodes added that Mr. Frazer and himself were negotiating with regard to thp introduction of wireless telegraphy between Australia and New Zealand, but it was questionable whether wireless could be used for commercial purposes. The matter is still under consideration^ and lome wr»ngemont might be Arrived
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 29, 4 February 1913, Page 4
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186POSTAL NOTES AND WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 29, 4 February 1913, Page 4
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