OVERSEA MAILS.
DIFFICULTY WITH THE POUND* AGE SYSTEM. . United Press Association— By El«©trte Telegraph 1 — Copyright. (Received February 24, 9.18 a.m.) MELBOURNE, February 24. It is stated that the PostmasterGeneral is experiencing great difficulty, in forwarding the mails on the poundage system, some of the steamers on which he was depending for fast transit insisting on impossible conditions. One of the effects of the Orient Company's steamers not calling at Adelaide will be to make the South Australian mails thirty-six hours late.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8250, 24 February 1905, Page 2
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82OVERSEA MAILS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 8250, 24 February 1905, Page 2
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