CABLE DELAYS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 169, 11 April 1919, Page 8

CABLE DELAYS

1 * j 'i'ha Wellington Chamber of Comj I mcrco has addressed a letter to the Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Dct wutment complaining of the, long delays j attendant on cable messages. It is ~ pointed out that "at the present time r cablegrams are so long being transmitted . flint extreme difficulty is being expertj onced in effecting business which ordin--5 iirilv is carried on by cablegram. This 3 particularly applies to Now Zealand pro- . ducts which are sold overseas, oilers , lieiiiu subject to prompt reply by cable- . gram." • Tlie chamber points out that f the matter is a serious and urgent one u to both producers and the commercial a community. i Concrete instances of cablegrams delay- , «1 have been furnished as follow:— Deceived ;, Addressed Dispatched. Wgtn. y Now York. March 25 April 8 San, Francisco March 211 April 8 , Calcutta April 3 April 9 I New York March 18 April 3 r London March 28 April 8 a London March 21) . April 9 - From the Post am! Telegraph Depart- - input it was learned that the fystern f Cab'o business is at present all diverted - to the Pacific line, and that there must necessarily be some delay, but it is hopi ed that the pressure will be relieved at i an early date.