BRITISH POST OFFICE
LOSS ON TELEGRAMS
Postmaster-General Rej’ius to Criticism COMPARISON WITH CEUMANY. (•'4q3;j.<GG3—-aasy ssajj mj-*!*.; Received March 28, 1 a.m. (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, A!.-;-h 27. The Post Office’s loss on t-9. grams continues to excite controversy, it being pointed out that Germany’s internal telegraph system was also subsidised by the Government, to the extent of £1,500,000 in 1927, though the minimum charge for a message was Is
Sir William Mitchell-Thomson (Post-master-General) speaking at Croydon, said he was willing to justify the Post Office’s action in the House of Commons, but it should be remembered that, taking money values into account, the deficit on telegrams was less than before the war. Moreover, it had been going on a long time, and when a Alinister set inquiries afoot after 40 years, to see if the matter could be amended, it was hard to be exposed to abuse.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20107, 28 March 1928, Page 7
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