COLLECT TELEGRAM
MR. POLSON'S POSITION
(By Telegraph.—l'ress Association.)
DANNEVIRKE, This Day
Tho incident between Mr. Poison, M.P., and the Dannevirke County Council over payment of Is 2d for a telegram sent collect in reply to requests by Mr. Poison for information, concluded to-day when the amount in dispute was received from Mr. Poison with the following covering letter to the council's 'lady clerk:—
"Your former communication could be forgiven on the ground of ignorance, but your last, is insolent and shows plainly.that the slight put upon me was intended. Le-t me correct you. Members of Parliament do not get their telegrams franked, and my stampage allowance does not pay my bureau calls. I fail to see what my salary has to do with tho matter. You receive a salary as . clerk of the Dannevirke County Council, but you would certainly resent it if I sent you a collect telegram dealing with county matters."
The county chairman, Mr. A. Galloway, defended the clerk against tho charge of insolence, saying, "I think it is Mr. Poison who has turned insolent." . .
■ Other members strongly resented the attack on the county clerk, and Mr. Poison's letter was received.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 11
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194COLLECT TELEGRAM Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 11
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