STAMPS.
TO THE EDITOR OP THE PBESS.
! Sib, —Will you allow mc the pleasure of ;■ a civil growl through the happy medium of j your columns ; it is a growLthat it is. wafted I from the Waipara tothe is echoed i alike by the cockatoo and squatter. My growl is in rthe,matter;df receipt [ stamps. We have here every facility for inthe penalty of £10 by non-compli-ance with the? Stamp 4&, butJan.ntter impossibility of obtaining the stamps in the j township : the shops don't keep th.eim f Our real post-office is a grand institution, land our telegraphic communication a [splendid acquisition, but the absence of receipt stamps is an insurmountable obstacle j Ito business. Now, sir, I contend that the' post-office is the |fc t tad:prpDte£|>lace fofcthfe sale of these Etflt huisahces*; and I trust that the day may not be far distant when iie -postmaster will, be empowered: to jsell them. Thanking you for space, ■;?/ I am, &c, '!'."":;;. r-. o>'.i : -'-'-'- ; ■ Stampede H. Leithfield, Ju1y,4..„ ~,,->•.- ~ - ,;j IT I
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Press, Volume XVIII, Issue 2551, 5 July 1871, Page 3
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