COSTLY CABLES
Naturally, with reports-of the ravines of influenza on'" New Zealand soldiers away, especially married men, will be anxious to know how their people are. Cablegrams of enquiry have been received from some of them in England. What the soldiers had to payJs not ascertainable at this end ; but the relatives in replying are charged 2s 8d per word, being informed that the soldiers' rate of { 8d per word is not now in operation. Enquiries made by 'The Post to-day at the G.P.O. confirmed this Moreover, -one >vbrd -is not admissible such as; "alrightj" or "well,". ,or "fine" as it might be construed as a code word, therefore no message of less than two words ib accepted. In cases of some needy persons, presumably no roplies can "bo sent to anxious soldiers on account of the cost of cabling at 2s 8d per word.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1918, Page 8
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145COSTLY CABLES Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1918, Page 8
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