PENNY POSTAGE SCHEME.
London, Feb. 11. The Postmaster-General denies that the Government have arrived at any conclusion in favour of an Imperial penny postage. He says that personally lie is not hostile to it, and that the financial difficulty is not serious, nor the administrative difficulty insuperable. He declares it essential for the colonies to agree to the change, but they probably would be averse to a further reduction at present. He points out that the question could not be raised until the meeting of the Postal Union of 1897, as the proposal would be in direct opposition to a pledge given by the British representatives at the Postal Union Convention in 1891. Until there is :\ change of feeling in the colonies it would be impossible for Great 'Britain to propose a penny postage which is opposed to the colonies' nledgea on their admission to the Postal Union. Mr Morley mentions that if Grni f . TJiifain reduced the postage to Id the colonies would have the right to surcharge a double deficiency.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2464, 14 February 1893, Page 1
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172PENNY POSTAGE SCHEME. Temuka Leader, Issue 2464, 14 February 1893, Page 1
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