PRIVATE MAIL DELIVERY
NOT TO BE ALLOWED. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association) WELLINGTON, March o. From the nature of some of the private mail delivery schemes that have been suggested since the increased postage rates were announced, it is obvious that many people do not know that the handling of letters and of most classes ot mail matter is the monopoly ol tiie Post Office ; ot com sc a letter can be delivered for a firm by a servant or a messenger specially employed for the purpose, hut, with a few exceptions, such as parcels or newspapers, the only legal intermediary 101 the carriage and delivery of correspondence is the Post Office.
“The Post Office will protect its monopoly,” declared the Second As-■•istnnt-Secretary to the Post Office. Mr W. J. Gow, when his attention was drawn to a proposal to establish a private delivery service. I lie Post Office, lie said, had a monopoly for the delivery of letters, postcards, lettercards, and commercial papers, which included accounts, patterns, or sample packets. The monopoly did not apply to parcels or newspapers.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 March 1931, Page 3
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179PRIVATE MAIL DELIVERY Hokitika Guardian, 6 March 1931, Page 3
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