Postal Conference at Rome.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3868, 2 May 1906, Page 4

Postal Conference at Rome.

SIR JOSEPH WARD’S SPEECH

Rome, Ap.il 30. Sir Joseph Ward declared at the P stal Conference that the universal penny postage worked well in New Zealand, nationally, commerciilly, domestically, and financially Tbeie was a distinct trend towards that system throughout the world. He expected before the nt-xt Congress that every civilised country would hate adopted it. There had been no a « teration in the Postal Union letter rates for thirty-two years, although the cost of transit and postal adminLtration had been reduced enormously. If the Congress affirmed the principle, he hoped that any country establishing Universal Penny Postage would have its letters delivered within the Postal Union without surcharge or restriction. He was glad to see the United States Government favored reducing. Since Britain had already »u inland penny and Imperial penny post, it w-iS only logical that she should crown her work by throwing her weight into the broader scale of universality.