THE POSTAL SERVICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14299, 19 February 1910, Page 7

THE POSTAL SERVICE.

■■.. ... . , . . REFORMS IN AUSTRALIA, -■.■:-■=.:■ ~■;■'; - ;.;.. ■ -k., .;...: ;-■•/.; '"•*>,>{ '■■ ~~~~ , T;,'; £; .•'■''■ ■■"'? UNIFORM STATE RATES. i ' - »■■•' ■■ '.i : ■'■"■■ "' -'■.'■■■■ .'■ ■ •• : ~: , ■ ■ .■ .-■; . ■■• ' - - " ■ ■- ■ ' : :-| :..--.-,;'w,-iV.-.ii; -,««' By Telegraph.— Association,— Copyright, j '•■ • ■•' ' ■.-• Meiißottkne,'February 18.-;-'' .*:,;'« •The Postmaster-General (Sir, John Quick), 1 \ in a i speech atv Bendigcy.;outlined! a;com-. ] prehensiye : scheme of ..'postal' reorganisa- -M tion and development. . The' Central and State administrations 'bo-strengthen- ; ed, and uniform rates imposed throughout.:. 7 the Commonwealth,; penny,pfctage -in each • State oh the Adoption iof the;;; financial - agreement and-...penny postage j generally when b^ne^s.,; [develops suffi- : ciently. ■• .. • ' ■.».;■■•■ .■'■' . ■ 'WH ■ During the next; three years it is pro- •'• posed to; spend; £2,387,000 on ~ telephonic- !V and telegraphic extensions and reconstruc--;.. - tion. High power tireless stations 'will(||!Jj be established- in Sydiney and Fremantle, : •, and the . system .will gradually • be., ex- - tended to other-parts of 'the Gomnion--•=.' wealth and Papua, as experience justifies. The Minister; added that the i Govern- , ment programme included an All Red ' - Pacific and Atlantic cable extension, as an I additional link. He Hoped to maintain ~ the All'Red'mail service by the Vancoa- river route/ ' . ;., CrilMw