SALE OF STAMPS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17319, 3 December 1921, Page 14

SALE OF STAMPS.

(PKESS ASSOCIATION TBLEGBAIO WELLINGTON, December 2. The decision of the Government tq withdraw the commission allowed shopkeepers on the tale of stamp is not welcomed by booksellers. Mr F. Ross, secretary of the New Zealand Booksellers' Association, said this morning that tihe Association had arranged with the Prime Minister for a deputation, next Thursday morning, to ask for the reversal- of the decision. Mr Ross remarked on behalf of tho Association that the commission of 24 per cent, was utterly inadequate as a return for the service rendered the Government in the sale of stamps. It was an attraction, to customers, and assisted hhe sale of the shopkeeper's stock, but the Government was on a very good wicket, aa shopkeepers all over the Dominion sold stamps, and the Government was saved; the- necessity of employing additional staff at considerable extra cost. Thci convenience to the public, especially in> the suburbs, was very great. Without it people would have to go to the nearest post office to buy stamps. Mr Ross mentioned that one Wellington, bookseller in a moderate way of business sold «hout £3OOO worth of stamps a year,.and he could not be expected to take the risk of carrying this stock without remuneration. The old commission" was too small to cover the risk.