3 APRIL 1926, Page 3

* * The inland cash on delivery parcel service began

on Monday, and though it was not used as much as might have been expected, it is satisfactory to record the arrangements as . a whole worked smoothly. The small agricultural producers have evidently not yet had time to make regular plans with their customers. On the first day many of the orders sent were apparently of the artificial kind ; the senders wanted to be " in at the beginning " and to place in a collection a label bearing the earliest date. The Times records one curious fact— that some customers in Ireland found it cheaper to buy bacon from London and pay the postage than to buy locally. The largest orders that came to London were from distant places.