TELEGRAPH CONGRESS
i HIGHER CHARGES WANTED,
OBJECTION BY BRITAIN.
(Received 9 a.m.) MADRID, October 28
At the Telegraph Congress in Madrid today, Britain refused to increase charges on foreign telegrams and' telephone calls 40 per cent., by raising the rates from sterling to a gold basis.
The British representatives laid stress on the fact that although the exchange value of- the pound has depreciated, its internal purchasing power is maintained. The delegates of Australia and New Zealand supported the British attitude.
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Northern Advocate, 29 October 1932, Page 9
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