POSTAL CHARGES.
lite [nospud of early reductions J Uritish postal charges—since an nouuceJ in the Budget—was ctisous? ed hy the I'ostinaster-Geueral, Mr !•' G. Ki'lk'Wiiy. shertly before the closi (,r ill.' linanrial year, when he an
} noutK-etl that (lie year would show a ! surplus of CO.;iOO,OOi>. llis own view lof the agitation for reductions was • expressed in 'lie words ol' Mr G>ud- ! stone: "l rank introduction of ehean postage in the catalogue of legisla tioii for promoting conditions ui ithimdartl employment. "It is most d « tasteful to me," he added, “to '• c having circulais from Tiritisti firms | with Herman postage stamps on them.! I would like to see these collected and j laid, say,' around one of the war mei morials as a vindication of the T, a- , I riot it: contribution these firms are I making to the glorious dead, it is a , srandal. but I hope it will disappear j as soon as we get the rale down from ' »,nc penny to a halfpenny." Ikei I*o*nitaster-Genera! was r’■ wring | the lad that some British firms found i it cheaper to post their circulars* lrom ) Germany at a halfpenny ihari to pav { the English rale. '
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Otaki Mail, 19 May 1922, Page 4
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