POST AND TELEGRAPH.
In the House the Hon. J. G. Coates, in presenting the annual report of the Post and Telegraph Department, stated it showed an excess of receipts over expenditure of £350,000 and that in consequence'there w;t> likelv to he a reduction in the ( barges for certain services. The Minister promised that later he would present a balance-sheet setting forth the accounts of the department .just ;is would be required if it were a private concern. If he lealh&does this, his critics say his -.at - pi us will quickly disappear, and the public will be called on to make up in some shape or form ail enormous deficiency. Unless interest on the cost of buildings and other equipment is charged, the same authorities maintain, the accounts will throw only a partial light upon the situation. The popular opinion (say the Wanganui Herald) is that 1 speedy return to lower charges f >r all its services would be the quickest cure for the financial ills from which the department is suffering.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2461, 1 August 1922, Page 2
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171POST AND TELEGRAPH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2461, 1 August 1922, Page 2
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