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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 946, 29 April 1879, Page 2

Wr. shall not cease to publish the shortcoming of the Telegraph Department ttnti! we see 3ome sign of amendment. If these shortcomings were of an ordinary nattin*. with a thorough appreciation of the old maxim, '• llttmmwin »' 'W'i'V we- wotiM l»»1d ««r peace, but they are s<> rt.»rrr:-»iiS that tho ntana'.jeiiient should be wvh ashamed of itself. Here is "iir complaint:~ Yesterday two important cablegrams were handed into the Wellington office for us, consisting of 170 wcrds." <»« c was received in Wellington ' afj.nf) p.m., and finished in Oamani at i'J "A p.m., and the other was received at 12.30 p.in., and finished at Oamani at 5 | p.m. The first, titercfore, occupied 7« | hours, and the second 2* hours in transi iHt.-i.st"?!. F" tbv.v.- lUy.* »f lemarkabl- ; in.prnvem»»tit in tUr ait of telegraphy, j thi.4. s«rt of thiti'4 is monstrous, and we j have corn-hided that mastering the art of j transmitting one message at a time along any otic wire is of far more importance ' thatt tltc study of visionary ideas : CMitcrniing tlic teat mcMis of sending a i ntttiil»,T »f messagi-rf along I'ie same win: jat the same time. Whatever may be the i,.pif)t«>n os" telegraph enthusiasts, pnblii- ] «iptni»n i» in favour of actual results, ami 1 they wav rely that the conduct of the teleu'faph" departinent will be discussed I wheti I'arltamciii nest meets. We know that we uro not the only ones who have ; Iweii given just cwiiao to complain, and that bitterly, of the negligence and incompetency]! or both, of the telegraph | department. However, our hardship is sufficiently great to demand attontion. ! To have to wait several hours for expensive cablegrams—which usually means that we ! cannot publish them till next day—when ; thev could be placed in our hands in one I quarter of the time, taking all things into consideration, is more than we should be i called upon to stand, in this decade. We ; need not reftr to the wretched bungling of anmo of tile scribes, by which white is nin.de to be black. One coinpUiint at a time of the kind should suffice to secure improvement.