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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15826, 26 July 1913, Page 4

THE DELIVERY OF TELEGRAMS. TO TOE EDITOn. Sin,—Yesterday morning (Thursday) I sent ;i telegram to Waimatc on very important business, and was disappointed at not getting an answer within a reasonable time. This evening, or about_30 hours after sending it, I received'a notice at the post office that a telegraph message- was waiting for me at the telegraph office. Instead o( being a reply to_my wiro it was a demand for 6d, and stating that my telegram to K— was waiting at the Waimate Post Office, as it would cost Gel to deliver by special messenger. Now, the person whom if was for would certainly not have objected to pay the messenger, and in any case the office bad my name and addrrM, and could have charged me. Had I sent a letter by post it would have arrival sooner than the telegram. Now, Sir, ]. do not know who is to blame for this nnbiMimvis-liko method, but I certainly e:iy there is room (or improvement.—l am, etc. IJuimlin, July 25. ■ DAniSE. —If n train moving 25 miles an hour woro siiddfliil.y slopped the pnssongcm would experience a shook equal to that of falling fiom an ordinary second-floor window; and nn express train's sudden stoppago would be liko a fall from it iourlh etory,