PENNY POST
NOT TO BE REVERTED TO IN BRITAIN WOULD ENTAIL TOO GREAT LOSS TO TREASURY STATEMENT BY MR. CHURCHILL (United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copy right.) (Australian Press Association.) (Rec. November 23, 9.50 p.m.) London, November 23. Mr. Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in the House of Commons that, contrary to reports, there is no Intention to revert to penny postage for letters in the near future. The reintroduction of penny postage on a pre-war basis would entail a loss to the Treasury estimated at between three and a quarter millions sterling and seven and a quarter millions.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 52, 24 November 1928, Page 8
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100PENNY POST Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 52, 24 November 1928, Page 8
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