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    The Importance To The Publishing And Boo...

    i j scale . As a part of the new arrangements adopted by the Post Office , a circular has been ^ \ aat __ . aa ^ a * aM ^ ¦¦ "" 1 ¦ * a Jft . ¦¦ "" " **^ aB

    ' ; ' * ¦ issued 7 m j lb ^ n ^/ . in f " E to | wei f mail >_ » g tj ^ ht * . r . v carriers , otherwise ^ - ^ v *^^^ aaa > « * , * forbidding fi «* -w than -a ^ ah ^^ rw . ^ . A imm as them . part »—r *»^ vfc v to of ^ - ^ - •• carry ¦ Her » . ¦ * ¦ -w---- , Majesty ^ after >^ w ¦ - ^^«*« « Jul r « 's rar y mails ^** 2 »^» next -- ¦ - » »^ ; m . , and wxi Any % *¦* this t » parcels ii ^ . r prohibition » x a x ^ a not ** Iv-L w exceeding - &\ a ^ A-C must III IJ Mr I [ !

    . ¦ as Mr . [ Stuart-Wortley recently pointed out in the House of Commons , tend seriously to cripple the early delivery Jof newspapers in rural districts . In addition to this , as was

    remarked am aa * Jon «¦¦ thejsame .. ¦¦¦ , Mb . occasion m b y Mr bbbbb . mm * . P aMa * " ^ . . Phi ^ ¦ ^ ¦ • pps , one of ¦ the ^ members mm for m % the - Oft Southern -ava ¦ ^ aaa Division ~_ i of Northamptonshire aaB aa an ata , the •^ aal drivers - ¦_ v ^^ of ak a mail -s -carts , althoug m - aa h prohibited a ~ from taking pas- I ^^ **^ '

    sengers , have been . allowed by the Post Office authorities to carry parcel s , and have done I I I so to a large extent for the newspaper press ih , whereas the new rate for parcels-post delivery of 11

    ¦ * * * aaa ^ b « ^ ^ m * J ^ — -I " ^^ I ' . I newspapers will * . _ _ be an . much mm greater - than . ¦*» the . ^ fsums A hitherto ¦» * . * - paid m , ¦¦» to the aai drivers aai « of mail-carts . I H I These facts , it must be remembered , have a direct importance not only mf to the provincial book —¦ I

    * » mm . ^ - - —— - ¦ . -a and newspaper trade from a commercial point of view , but to the great majority of the public I from the standpoint amr of convenience , inasmuch as they W look upon •*¦< a cheap ^ ml and early % / newspaper _^ J -- ¦ - H I

    as a necessity , and we are therefore glad to find that the Postmaster-General is already dig- I posed to make some relaxation of his orders to meet the case . Mr . Fawcett cannot , he saysI

    — v j admit ^_ a > that aaa . it would aaa aaV ¦¦ ¦ be expedient aaal afe _ to _ allow ^ to ^ al mail A aaa contractors _ _ to - carry parcels «¦¦ at rates — which ^ aa > » . * would , ^ I compete with the parcels to be carried by parcel post , and in his " opinion it would be Tery unde- I

    sirable for the Post Office to depart from the principle of uniformity of charge , by allowing parcels I , of -aa— aaap newspapers aaBaaai —— r * . » -aB ° ar— ' -aa- — m ~ ~~ " — ™~ to ^ — be " — " ~ carried ~~ " — — ~^ — at " ~^ a ~~~ ^~ lower ~~~ ¦ " ^ rate — — of — postage ¦ " "" ~™ " -- ^^ - - ^ —~ - ^^^^ h — than - — - ¦ — — other - ^ p * - ^ ^^ - ^^ - ^^ ^^» parcels m ¦¦ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ v ¦ ¦ , ^ m but w ^^ - ^^^^ ^ mr at ^ k ^^ r ^* the ^ T ^ mt ^ mt ^ T ^ same ^^ ^^^ W ^ m ^^^ M ^ ^^^ time ^ V ^ L ^^^^^^ L ^^ J ^ I ^

    he would so much regret that the introduction of the parcel post should in any way interfere I ; with the cheap and early circulation of newspapers in the rural districts that he promises to I

    consider whether any arrangements can be made for allowing contractors to continue to carry I parcels of newspapers so long as the carrying of these parcels in no way interferes with the I

    dehvery of the parcel and letter mails . This , it may be said , is only a smiall mercy , ' and I gives but a slender promise of protection to those who are at present tolerably well cared forI

    but in all probability , if some pressure could be brought to bear upon the Governmentit , I , would be possible to obtain a more distinct pledge . The haste with which ministers , after I

    resisting the proposal for a sixpenny telegram , revised the budget of Mr . Childers in order to I meet the wish of the majority in the House of Commons shows that they are not likely to I

    turn a deaf ear to a strong remonstrance , and as it is a far more simple matter to secures I ' concession before rules become stereotyped , than to break through the red-tape of an official I

    system , the present is the time to appeal . A request which might now lead to a modification I of the intended scheme would probably be met by the non possumns of the permanent officials I

    a few months hence . I

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    would desire ^^* ^^ ^ J " ¦• - ¦ ^ . ^ is be PSa # to «/ •— ' in secure S ^ ^^ ^^ the ^<^ -Ik ^^ power the » rf J * -lfc ^ . ^ MSS iT flft ~ m ¦ " \ y of rV . the relating Jb V BBBI / AV ^( ^ Government / . A . ^>* VS \ to ** ^ - ' Irelan T * - ^^ Jk A > ^^ V-m Jk . to d > - ^ b A for * . V obtain BH ' P some ^ # \« " .-V 4 L Jb any ^ . ^ fit » - " ^ . f portion localit ¦ B >^_> r T _ r IWl I ^ aV y W in of Jh AA BBk Irelan it *¦ ^ . ' / J , (^/ A Mr Jfc d X «< 4 L ~ for J- . O i * ' the ^ Donnell / . A - ^ ^ p / use ^ - " * K ^ ^« Pf of — ' s I I H ^ _ ^ ^^ . ^ ' ^

    including scholars and a library students among , ' and the he proj suggests ected buildings that if the for the Government Royal Universit carries y out , the its MSS scheme . might of I I fairl ¦ y be V placed within its bbbbb Vfy walls bb . Mr IbVIbb . bb Gladstone tf so b ¦¦¦« far sanctioned this alaW alb rfa suggestion k M * of literary afcaa I H

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    made tor a library which would hold the collection „ I

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    Attorney An interesting -General in question the House , which of Commons received on a somewhat Thursday evening evasive answer by Mr , P was Edward put to swho the I I

    asked Duncan ' whether , of Cardifi the " , and Lord of Chancellor Mr . Ramsden had , recentl of Hal , y ifax refused , to the to mag confirm isterial , the bench nominations . , . on the . ground of , ' Mr . I

    j that newspaper newspaper understand those proprietors proprietors gentlemen that the Lord were under under Chancellor proprietors any anv circumstances circumstances has of laid newspapers down hut but , no he he . > positive ' has ha Sir . « to to Henry p consider rule . onftif that . James fir . iin he n " relation relation rep will lied not thus to to appoint these tnest : 'I ? iI I I

    gentlemen mag applications istrate would has , the been business have refused to act , position . but It is there , true and certainl that influence the , , app cannot of lication any be person for question the in appointment the , of personal area in of character which tfrese two the ; I I I

    but influence the Lord , and Chancellor he thought , has on , the merel whole y app , the lied decision these y general arrived considerations a at is the best . as In to these position days and or I I boaated freedom AJi i from disabilities v « « j this decision of the Lord Chancellor possibl \ riJexcite irl I

    some VV / CUKIU surprise ^ Vi . uvu . v «« , and AjkWA if , as Mr w > jn . Gladstone ui . \ JU , « JiJlJl » o said \ AVt-J 3 on AVU the VJ A same UJ . AV-2 JL evening 4 WA V 4 . VyAAU , in I . J . V / v speaking 7 AA >^ A may kM . L * Xjr on ,. rJK the » . * . ' ~ ^ y mj ^ ^ \ Ja — Cfafa . y . ¦¦ ' " i < " . . .. ¦ ' : -- " -. - ¦¦; : ¦¦ : ¦'"¦ ' ' - '¦ -- ¦¦•¦ ' ¦ ¦ :. "'' . . ^ ¦¦¦¦^ rW ,

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1883, page 366, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051883/page/2/