LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
TELEGRAPH DELIVERIES;
Sir,—May I ask if it is/usual for: the. Telegraph, Department ': to ; take -Jl;. 1 days (eleven) to deliver telegrams -to I'ioton? On JJew' Year's Day I -placed a stamped addressed wire in the box at/the' Gerioral Pqst.:Officey Wellington,, at.'B a.m:', ad-: dressed to' a' relative on;a' boat at that port (which boat, A may say; lay there for 13' hours), and up .'tb'tho/present'.-tvha' it has'iiot'/t-oen". tlclj-vercd; nor /have/1 had'any. advico as to its whereabouts., Is 'this- : ndt somewhat-of. a.."rc'cbrd , .':for.the speedy ■ (?)"syste'm, of, tho', Wellington'- Telegraph '.Department?—l ,ani, etc.,. ~ 'V'Vv--,; - -;;.,,... WIRELESS,:;
.:/Wellington,:January 11..;, ; , .. rWheh'thV';siibsiancc .of the, foregoing letter was submitted i.b.oho, of tho'principal officials of tho Post and' Telegraph Department,' :ho., suggested x that, our correspondent should undress a formal letter of inquiry to the .Secretary' of tho General Post Office.. It was not at all likely, he added,. that;; the.: telegram did take eleven days'in delivery, but quito clearly there l, was something requiring exjilaha.. tion,'-arid the explanation might be simple;l :■■'■■:■'].'''"' ''■ '.■■■-;■>':■■'
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1650, 17 January 1913, Page 6
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168LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1650, 17 January 1913, Page 6
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