The Feilding Star. TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1891.. Telegragh Communication

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 151, 16 June 1891, Page 2

The Feilding Star. TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1891.. Telegragh Communication

Although we have never made any formal complaints on the matter, We htvve, from time to time, been. much inconvencmced by the delays in the transmission of press messages to Feilding. These delays were not owing, in the slightest;' degree, to any fault or deficiency on the part of the local telegraph officials, whom we have invariably found to be courteous v and efficient, in the performance of their arduous duties. The reason is that ours is what is "termed a branch telegraph line of a single wire, and therefore all messages or communication from the Press Association Office in Wellington to us, have first to be transmitted to Foxton, and from thence to Feilding, thus making a considerable, but, at present, unavoidable delay. In the course of the year we pay a very large sum of money to the department, and claim we have, in consequence, a right to Borne special consideration. We would suggest to the department that an additional' wire be put up' between Feilding and Palraerston North. This A-ould cost £105, according to the estimates given in the Postal Guide

for the current quarter. We feel certain that the extra number of prei-ts messages, as well as those from private persons, made , possible by direct communication being established with Wellington, would more than recoup this ejtp«su«litu-re 7 in one year alone. While wriiiujr on this subject we would also urge the claims of _tho inhabitants of Biriuiughatu and. Awahuri for the opening of telegraph or telephone communication. That something has already been- done in the way of extending the line to Awahuri, we are aware, because the necessary posts have been lying on the Awahuri road for many months, but Birmingham, which is rapidly becoming the centre of the most flourishing and prosperous district in the colony, has as yet hud nothing whatever done. We would be the last to ask the department to authorise this expenditure if we did not think it would pay, but we can say, without fear of contradiction, that our recommendations, if carried out, would jointly and severally prove a commercial success.