TROOPS TELEGRAMS.
ADDRESS CONCESSION. "WELLINGTON, April 24. 1 lii order to facilitate the delivery ot inland telegrams for members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in military camps or barracks in New Zealand the Postmaster-General (Hon. F. Jones) again draws attention to the necessity for senders to include the addressee’s number, rank, battery company or other section of the unit to avoid the hardship of payment at the normal rate for such a* lengthy address. “It has been decided,” states the. Minister, “that only five words will be charged for the address irrespective of any larger number of words it con- : tains. This concession. Finch will take ' effect from Friday, April 20,, will be! applicable for the duration of the war,' but it will not apply, to telegrams, addressed to members of the force at j *a home -or private, address.” [,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 125, 26 April 1940, Page 2
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