§ 44. Mr. Hobdenasked the Postmaster-General what further steps he proposes to take to improve the fully paid letter service; and whether he will put into effect the deferment of printed papers as proposed in Command Paper No. 2931, paragraph 23.
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§ Mr. Edward ShortI am about to introduce arrangements to give letters a greater measure of priority over printed papers than at present.
At some offices, the latest time for posting minimum rate printed papers intended for dispatch that day will be advanced from about 4.30 p.m. to about noon. Deferment may be introduced at some offices that do not defer at present; and we intend to keep printed papers off our heavily pressed Travelling Post Offices as far as possible.
As well as improving the first class letter service, this will be helpful in our continuing study into the possibility of introducing a two-tier system, under which customers would pay according to the speed of service required instead of the content of the envelope.