§ MR. FIRTH (Dundee)asked the Postmaster General, Whether it is true that the Postal Authorities have recently refused to register The West London Advertiser as a newspaper, and refused to transmit many hundred copies of the paper through the halfpenny post; and, what is the explanation of this?
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES) (Cambridge University)In the case of the publication to which the hon. Member refers it was found that, in the absence of a sufficient quantity of news matter to meet the requirements laid down in the Newspaper Act, a portion of the Paper had been printed twice over. The attempted evasion was, indeed, admitted by the publisher. Under these circumstances, the paper was, of course, refused registration.
§ MR. RAIKESsaid, that he had understood the Question of the hon. Member as applying to one particular issue. If the requirements of the Newspaper Act were complied with in future, the publication would, of course, be treated accordingly.