ABSURD REGULATIONS
WHEN A BILL IS A LETTER. If a firm places a “ sticker ” on an account asking for payment, or pointing otu that the amount owing is overdue, or that, “as the annual balance is taking place a settlement would be appreciated,” the missive becomes a letter under the eagle eye of the postal authorities. As such it requires a twopenny stamp. The matter was discussed briefly at the Wanganui Chamber of_ Commerce meeting last week, one member characterising the regulation as absurd. He had simply put the word “ overdue ” on one or two statements, and “ down the axe had fallen.” A copy of a reply from the Postal Department which a firm had received was forwarded for information. This showed that it was permissible for a firm to point out that its annual balance was due, but if settlement of an account was asked for the missive ceased in its identity as a bill, and became a letter. , The Chamber decided to re-affirm its opinion that postage on letters delivered in town should be one penny, and to protest against the regulation regarding “ stickers.”
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Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3390, 19 December 1931, Page 5
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