Rowland Hill Centenary
CELEBRATIONS NEXT MONTH , (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Feb. 1. The centenary will be celebrated next month of the issue by PostmasterGeneral Rowland Hill in 1937, of his for te reform of te hhhhhn historic pamphlet containing proposals for the reform of the Post Office which laid the foundations of the present vast organisation. His influence was worldwide for his uniform postage scheme was the first practical step towards the foundation of what has been described as the world's most comprehensive Society of Nations, namely, the Universal Postal Union.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19370202.2.63
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 27, 2 February 1937, Page 6
Word Count
91Rowland Hill Centenary Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 27, 2 February 1937, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in