PENNY POSTAGE.
Sir Joseph Ward is to be congratulated upon the victory he has gained for tbe cause of penny postage. Owing largely to his persistency, the Federal Postmas-ter-General has agreed to receive in Awstralia letters bearing a penny stamp posted from New Zealand, or any other part of the British Empire. This, 1 it ■would seem, is a step tnat must in a very short time oblige the Federal authorities to adopt the penny postage for outgoing letters also. The- last phase of the battle which Sir ooseph has just won is decidedly amusing. The laying of the Pacific Cable Board's cable between 'Doubtless Bay and Southport, in Queens-, 'land, led to a discussion of the terminal rates to be charged in Australia and New Zealand respectively. The Federal Postmaster wished those rates to be Id in Australia and id in New Zealand. Sir Joseph Ward agreed to this on condition that New Zealand letters bearing a penny stamp should not be surcharged iv Australia. Mr. Drake has accepted these terms, and as soon as the formalities have been carried out the cable rates between this colony and Australia will be a uniform 4£d a word.
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Evening Post, Volume LXIII, Issue 97, 24 April 1902, Page 4
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