"STAMP YOUR OWN WIRES!"

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 654, 3 November 1909, Page 5

"STAMP YOUR OWN WIRES!"

• 'SCENE' IN THE,' TELEGRAPH OFFICE. \ r-l'-iOTACH: : THE'\STAMPS,. ' ■'■^The , .words, .were'spoken;by"an officer' at the Telegraph, Office counter as he pushed the tele-' grab (with :stainps) back.to,the sender.' ~'■■''.': 'rWhat, do. 1 have to put'them on?" asked the:sender.'.-.*" '..:'.' ".■■■'■■■'•■ "Tes, , that's the latest order.'lt's done in England, -I-"believe!" ■;•''- : -- ■■'■'-■'..■" ; y-; ■ ■ \With much awkwardness.the sender.gathered up a sixpenny,; threepenny, twopenny, and two half penny stamps,'. amV with the-assistance of a''damp'roller succeeded at length in attaching them'to the;'£orm. He, then : handed : it. back. "You've put on a too much, , ' said-.the'clerk. '. : '. ■: •'■'■ . ' : . "I put on the stamps you gave' me '." Tβto'rfed the'sender.- . '■■''• ..','' . >'. . - but one- of> the ha'penny stamps- was change," said the clerk. ,' , . "And how was I'to know, that?" retorted .the good citizen. "You didn't say so before. , "; ;. The clerk .'only "smiled. . '; ..' '.' : .".;'.■..■:' .. Tne innovation-may lead to some little con'fusion if a- precise explanation ib not given bj>:the counter clerk. First the'wire has to be handedto the official, who'counts the: cost and hands both: the stamps and the form Ho : the sender. ",The .latter,: has, then, : : often . with' a orowd round him,. tb affix the stamps. and push the. telegraph fdrm' back to thoclcrk.;, "