POSTAL CONFERENCE
(By Electric Telegraphy-Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Gable Association)
MADRID, Oct. 14
The Postal Conference will probably last a further .six weeks. The agenda includes two thousand propositions; hut the principal task is to readjust tho international postal rates. Owing to tho extraordinary differences in exchanges in countries within the Postal Union, whereby the face value of ■stamps bear no relation to money values the Conference is endeavouring to find a solution ‘by adopting a gold franc as a standard, „By this, means all international postages will be regulated, thus equalising values. It is algo proposed to raise all international postages to meet the increased cost pt postal services. '
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 16 October 1920, Page 5
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109POSTAL CONFERENCE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 16 October 1920, Page 5
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