CABLEGRAMS FROM SOLDIERS
TO THE EDITOR.
Sir, —I received a cablegram from my son in Sling Camp, asking that a sum of money might be cabled by return, as he was expecting to have a few days' leave at the end of his training before going over to France. The date of handing in the message was 31st January, and it was received here on 19th March. On' making enquiries at the Telegraph Department I was told that it was quite all right, as it took from one to two months to: come. I pointed out that it was hardly worth the charge of sending a cablegram when a mail would come about as soon. No doubt the idea with a soldier boy is that the message 'will be so much quicker than by mail, and that he will have the money in the matter of a fortnight or so, but imagine his weary waiting week in and week out uctfl the heart grows sick, and he comes to the conclusion that they at home have forgotten him. Surely, Sir, there could be some remedy whereby they might be advised as to the time the message would take, or, having paid such a charge, they might have their message transmitted in a more reasonable time.—l am, etc.,. A. PARENT. 20th March.
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 69, 21 March 1918, Page 6
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