PENNY POSTAGE
By Electric Telegraph—Pet Press ' "^Association-—Copyright. Received 1 a.m., March 27. • Sydney, March 26. : The British pest office has cabled to the '.i Commonwealth proposing to establish a penny postage to Australia without stipn-' luting the dateyvben the Commonwealth - should reciprocate. It has laid dowa a condition, however, that the Commonwealth should reduce the postago ftom2£d \ to 2d.
The Federal Cabinet considered • and agreed to the proposal. ’ ' ' Ths Postmaster-General stated that he hoped soon to reduce the homeward rate at to a penny, but finaiicos precluded'this r being done immediately, 7 The new rate -I operates from Ist April. ;£
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1414, 27 March 1905, Page 2
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100PENNY POSTAGE Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1414, 27 March 1905, Page 2
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