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(Received Bth June, 10.10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Mr Gibson, Postmaster-General, referring to the financial position of the Postal Department, said that while the Department was just about balancing its ledger he thought it would be a grave mistake to give effect to a reduction in the postage rate to a penny, which would involve the loss_ of £1,100,000. He added that there "was very clear evidence that reduced postal rates did. not increase the number of letters posted. He expected that in the next financial year, the receipts of his Department from all sources, would be about £1,000,000 monthly.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 8 June 1927, Page 5
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112PENNY POSTAGE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 8 June 1927, Page 5
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