TELEPHONING TELEGRAMS.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15203, 16 October 1919, Page 7

TELEPHONING TELEGRAMS.

A new suggestion for improving communication was made by Sir Joseph Ward. He asked the Postmaster-Gene-ral to authorise tile sending of telegrams to a telephone number without t.he necessity of telegraphing any name or address. Such a.message when received would be immediately telephoned to the number indicated. ' This would! effect an immense saving of time, and would be of special benefit to persons living outside the radius of the telegraph delivery. This practice was car:!'ed our is some countries The Postmaster-General showed from Cabinet minutes that there was a clear instruction in regard to the war bonus that it was not to be paid where salaries were increased by regrading. Nothing would give him greater pleasure than to give effect to the late Postmas-ter-General's promise, biyt the Cabinet | •viinutes were clear, and Tie must carry L':<?m out. The Bill was. read the second time.