MR. ERNEST SPENCER (Bromwich)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether the Post Office is prepared at once to accept private cards with a halfpenny stamp affixed providing such cards do not exceed the size or weight of departmental or ordinary post cards, or if the public, before making use of the new arrangement, must await the issue of new Regulations on the subject; and, in the latter case, will the Department, as it is a matter of considerable interest to the commercial community, fix an early date for the issue of such Regulations and give the date of same; and in the event of new Regulations being necessary, will the Department consider the advisability of allowing a variation of size and shape in the direction now followed in the case of the envelopes sold by the Department bearing a penny embossed stamp?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. A. MORLEY,) Nottingham, E.As stated in the House yesterday, new Regulations will be necessary before the public can make use of private cards as post cards. The required Warrant is being prepared, and a date will be fixed on which the change is to take effect. The Warrant will specify the dimensions to be allowed. No time will be lost in preparing the documents.