HC Deb 17 June 1884 vol 289 c588
MR. HOULDSWORTH

asked the Postmaster General, Whether all communication of telegraphic news supplied to clubs at "Press rates" to persons not members of such clubs is treated by the Department as an abuse of the privilege, or if it is only when such news is communicated by means of private telephones that it is so treated?

MR. FAWCETT

News is supplied at Press rates to clubs registered at the General Post Office, on condition that such news is used solely for exhibition in the club-rooms. The systematic communication of such news to persons other than members of the club, whether the communication be by telephone or otherwise, is held by the Department to be an abuse of the privilege.