PENNY POSTAGE.
AUSTRALIA HOLDS ALOOF. SOME ADVERSE COMMENT. 1 ■ Sydney, September 22. Air Paxton, president, of the Chamber of Commerce, says it is a most extraordinary altitude for the Commonwealth to adopt in refusing to admit New Zealand letters on the basis of penny postage. “This policy is short-sighted, especially as foreign nations are prepared to receive such correspondence without tax. The Commonwealth will not he involved-unless she adopts a reciprocal rate of one penny on letters to New Zealand. Not long since New Zealand and Australia reached a reciprocal tariff arrangement when New Zealand unquestionably gave more than she is likely to receive. It is not g neighbourly action now to refuse to admit New Zealand correspondence at a rate which affects New Zealand, not Australia.” Mr Kerr, president of the Chamber’s of Manufacturers, said: “If New Zealand can revert to penny postage Australia should be able to do so. Cheaper postage inevitably means a more free exchange of trade and commerce and a corresponding stimulus in the trade relat- . ions of manufacturers.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2637, 25 September 1923, Page 3
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174PENNY POSTAGE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2637, 25 September 1923, Page 3
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