TELEGRAPH LETTERS.
p' r NOT A FEASIBLE SCHEME. ?J JBT TELEGRAPH.SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT*] & ; ; • Wellington', Thursday. H • 'A. night telegram system, by which after ||5 5 p.m. the public may send £0 words at j • the same cost as 12 during the day, has ;p received full consideration, says the Pestle master-General (the Hon. R. H. Rhodes) [.. in reply to Mr T. Buxton (Temuka). k£-, "As the ordinary telegram, at £d per Ki word involves an annual loss to the De- ' partment," said the Minister, "any fur- | ther reduction would tend considerably to p , ; increase that loss. Not only would there !?;; • be a loss on the messages themselves, but Jl/. the tendency would hj for messages which ft" . are at present sent at the £d-a-word rate ?i:«yto be held over, and sent at the cheaper '~-l night rate. From a business point* of view >i.» the proposal is- not a possible one. <fiV- "It mast also be borne in mind that tbe cost of sending messages at night is '* '•; * greater than it is during the day, as light- "- :'■•• iag and tiring, and frequently overtime, have to be paid in addition to ordinary ; ; expenditure."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15374, 8 August 1913, Page 7
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191TELEGRAPH LETTERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15374, 8 August 1913, Page 7
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