SIXPENNY TELEGRAMS.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, — In your issue of yesterday you stated on the authority of the Times in reference to the proposed reduction in the charge for telegrams from one shilling to sixpence, that " New Zealand will under this altered condition of affairs enjoy the unique distinction of being the only country in Australasia that has adopted the sixpenny telegram system." This, however, is a mistake. I cannot answer for the other colonies, but in Victoria I cannot remember any other charge than the following ever having been made — 6d for six words (address not charged for) and Id for every additional word. I am, &c, W. H. Jcdkins.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 243, 18 April 1896, Page 2
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111SIXPENNY TELEGRAMS. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 243, 18 April 1896, Page 2
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