Penny Postage.
United Press Association j— By 'Electric' Telegraph .—Copy rig-h t. Sydney, March 26. ■ 5 The British. ,^ost. Office has cabled the Commcmwpa,lth . Government that tiipy prpposg to,.^staWish;peiiny postage to ,Aus}>ralia 'without stipulating tne ,da,tc t the j Commonwealth should reciprocate. It is laid, down as ai, condition, fypwe.yer, that the Comm.onwealth 'deduce the pos.tage from 2*4 ta^d. The Federal Cabinet considered, %^nq, [agreed /io. the proiposal. line Postiaa^ter-G/?neral spates that he hioped spon \|to .^reduce the homeward rkte to .a penaiy,,bu^rfinances precliidedrthiai.beirigVdonp Jmjnediately. The npw, rate opeTjaies on April 1.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 12817, 27 March 1905, Page 7
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92Penny Postage. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 12817, 27 March 1905, Page 7
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