A COLLECT TELEGRAM
MR W. J. POLSON PAYS UP.
(Per United Press Association.)
Dannevirke, December 5.
The incident between Mr W. J. Polson, M.P., and the Dannevirke County Council over the payment of 1/2 for a telegram sent “collect reply” to requests by Mr Polson for information was concluded to-day when the amount in dispute was received from Mr Polson 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. Let me correct you. Members of Parliament do not get their telegrams franked and the stampage allowance does not pay my bureau calls. I fail to see what my salary has to do with the matter. You receive your salary as clerk of the Dannevirke County, 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 the charge of insolence saying: “I think it is Mr Polson who has turned insolent.”
Other members strongly resented the attack on the county clerk and Mr -Polson’s letter was received.
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Southland Times, Issue 20950, 6 December 1929, Page 6
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201A COLLECT TELEGRAM Southland Times, Issue 20950, 6 December 1929, Page 6
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