The post office and its story an interesting account of the activities of a great government department
Edward Bennett362Foreign postal rates, 223 Foreign Post Office methods, 231 Forman, H. Buxton, C.B., 265 Forty Years at Post Office, 265 Foula, 220 Founder's Court, E.C., 161 France— Money Orders to, 131 Wires to, 160 Postal methods, 234 Savings Bank, 235 Telegraphs, 236 Parcel Post, 236 Franks, 34 Freeling, Sir Francis, 264, 268, 278 Garibaldi, 41 Gavey, Sir John, K.C.B., 267 Gell System, 166 General Election— Effects on telegraph system, 171, 204 General Post Office North, 55, 67 General Post Office South, 55, 67 General Post Office West, 67, 161 Germany— Parcel Post, 84 Money Orders, 131 Wires to, 160 Postal methods, 232 Post Offices, 232 Ghosts seen from motors, 107 Gibraltar, 81, 84, 214 Gladstone, Right Hon. W. E.— Anglican Orders, 132 Post Office Savings Bank, 138 Home Role Bill telegrams, 171 Glasgow— Early charges to, 32 Telephone, 191 Postmaster, 279 Postmen, 313 Grand Magazine, 270 Great Eastern Railway, 75 Great North Road, 22, 32, 98, 282 Great Western, 212 Great Western Railway, 73, 75 Greenwich Observatory, 170 Grievances against the Post Office, 330 Halfpenny Post, 64, 320 Harkara, 249, 250 Haroldswick, 80, 81 Harwich, 209, 220 Hasker, Thomas, 24, 27, 30 Heaton, Henniker, 247, 320, 325 Hennibique reinforced concrete, 58 Hill, Sir Rowland, K.C.B.— Penny Postage, 31 As a reformer, 35 Career, 38 His reforms, 39 As a lecturer, 54 Hindhead, 199 Hindustan, 214 Hobart, 216 Holborn Viaduct, 75 Holland, 160 Holyhead, 24, 29, 217 Home Safes— England, 154 New Zealand, 259 Hong Kong, 84, 244 Hood, Thomas, 40