PENNY POSTAGE.
NOT COMING IN AUSTRALIA. By Cabla —Press Association —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. CuMb Association. MELBOURNE, June 19.. In the House of Representatives, in reply to a question whether penny postage could not he inaugurated to coincide with the opening of Canberra, the Postmaster-General (Hon. W. GGibson), said the impracticability of this being done would be seen when die mentioned that since he caine into office new awards had added £1,000)OOC to the Department’s wages bill. He said if Australia’s telephone charges were the same as made . liy private companies in the United States the revenue to the Department would be £3,000,000 greater than now.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 21 June 1926, Page 9
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106PENNY POSTAGE. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 21 June 1926, Page 9
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