CORRESPONDENCE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 21 March 1921, Page 5

CORRESPONDENCE

P. AND T. PROFITEERING 4TO the Editor.) Sir, —I recently applied at /the Glenhope post and telegraph office for a telephone connection with Nelson.:, I got my number, but, owing to the difficulty of hearing over this wire, a conversation, which could easily have been completed within the ordinary time-limit of three minutes (charge 1/-) had to be extended to 11 minutes J (charge 4d for each minutes after three minutes). Ido not thinkJthat I could have spoken with. Nelson, at all had not the officer in charge kindly come to my assistance. Now, I understand that the principal cause, of the trouble is induction, the satnei wire being used for Morse purposes, the Department having failed to _extend the metallic circuit from Kohatu or Tadmor to Glenhope. In;-a word, the trouble is due to qua'cy of plant. That being so, surely the Department should not penalise users of the telephone by enforcing the full cliarja, and thus charging them for many minutes of communication that, through no iafclt of their own. failed to be communicative. IHe officer iu charge, having rip discretion in the matter, was forced to charge me 3/8 for what should have been a shilling service. If the Department had beeri selling an alarm clock, instead of a false alarm telephone service, such a charge would have blade it a profiteer. No doubt this soft of thing happens, at other places than Glenhope. Is it not time that somebody kicked ?-I am, <*^ 14th March, 1921.

TO THE PEOPLE 'OF NELSON: THANKS. tTo the Editor.) Sir,—Would you kindly *£ *« citizens of Nelson otir deep gratitude and sincere thanks for the .excellent hospitality extended jo week's stay here. Never in oflr experience of contesting have we received such kindlv treatment as extended to us by your people, and we wiU«long remember our Nelson trip. Out.special thanks Are due to Mr. Barry; Mir. McBride and Mr. Fairey, who tnotoreoVtne band to the country; also to our host and hostess, Mir. and Mrs. Bensemann, wlio have treated ' us as members ot their own family. We hope that at some future date wo may the pleasure of renewing acquaintance with the Nelson people. Again thanking, I am, etc., A. E, WILLS, Conductor, Invorcargill Hibernian Band. (To the Editor.) Sir, Before leaving your hospitable City, will you kindly allow me spac e to return our heartiest thanks and appreciation to the Contest Committee f° r the splendid manner in which they have looked after us. I should like specially to mention Mr. iLeaper and Mr. Pickwell (our marshal). Nothing was too much trouble to these gentlemen. We leave your pleasant city with many pleasant memories to take away with us. The trip to Motueka was a delight to'us all, and th e good folk there gave lis a toyal time. Thanking you, Sir, in anticipation of your planting this, T am, etc., W. J. LAMB, Manager, Mastorton Municipal Silver Band.