CABLE CHARGES

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 107, 2 November 1926, Page 8

CABLE CHARGES

PROTEST AGAINST INCREASE. I

At the fortnightly meeting of th« council of the New Zealand Association of British, Manufacturers and Agent* yesterday, a member brought up ti»*" question of the new regulations ia connection with deferred (including T.W.T. and D.L.T.) messages, . whjeik; had come into force that day. ':'■■&}?( these regulations no message will \W£ accepted at deferred rates if more tlma one-third of the message consist! Q» figures, combinations of figures and letters (as used in catalogu««)i o*i' trade abbreviations. It was -.pointed, out that this regulation would heavily penalise those who used the cables b«fr tween New Zealand and England -fo^. the purpose of transmitting order*. Messages bearing more than the men? tioned proportion of figures and trad* abbreviations would only be accepted, at ordinary rates, and it was considered that this would have the effect at greatly reducing the number of cablegrams sent, and would also entail a large amount of work at each end ia coding and decoding the message! if they had to be sent at'fall rates... X , It was resolved by tfie meeting that a' strong protest be made against this step of increasing the cost of cabling to England, particularly at a time whea it was understood that the business done in cablegrams was distinctly pro*. fitable to. the Department. ''."'.'.:"'.'}'