TELEGRAPH LETTERS.
NOT A POSSIBLE SCHEME. (From Our Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, August 7. A night telegram scheme by which, after 5 p.m., the public may send 50 words at the same cost as 12 during the day, has received full consideration, says the Postmaster-general, in reply to Mr T. Buxton.
“As the ordinary telegram at Ad per word entails an annual lose to the' department,” eaid the Minister, “ any further reduction would tend to considerably increase that loss. Not only would there be a loss on the messages themselves, but the tendency would be for messages which are at present sent at the £d a word rate to be held over and sent at the cheaper night rate. From a business point of view the proposal is not a possible one. It must also be borne in mind that the cost of sending messages at night is greater than it is during the day, as lighting and firing and frequently overtime have to be paid in addition to the ordinary expenditure.”
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Otago Witness, Issue 3100, 13 August 1913, Page 26
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