REDUCTION OF POSTAGE

Hawera Star, Volume LI, 26 May 1932, Page 7

REDUCTION OF POSTAGE

BUSINESS APPRECIATION. TELEGRAPH CUT SUGGESTED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 26. The head of a large wholesale house to-day expressed appreciation of the Government’s intention to reduce postage rates. . .. There was no doubt, he said, that a great deal of business previously enjoyed by the post office had been diverted to other channels. Whether all would return on the reintroduction of penny postage remained to lie seen. There was no doubt the reduced charges would stimulate business, but there was reason to doubt whether the jx>st office would regain all its lost bi i s i nos s . “In the meantime we can only say how pleased we are at the Government’s action,” he continued. “It will certainly be a great saving to use and savings are of first-class im’poitance at the moment.” . Another businessman, speaking along the same lines, added that the stimulating effect on business would be enhanced if telegraphic charges were brought down to the old rate A similar statement was also made by the President of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. J. Pearce Luke, . and bv the chairman of the Associated Chambers, Mr. W. Machin.