MR. POLSON’S COLLECT WIRE
DISPUTE WITH COUNTY COUNCIL. • • , -'//"J; By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dannevirke, Dee. 6. The incident between Mr. W. J. Polson, M.P., and the Dannevirke County ... Council over the payment of Is 2d for a telegram sent “collect” in reply to requests by Mr. Polson for information was concluded 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 tele-n-rams franked and the stampage allowance does not pay my bureau calls. I fail to sec what my. salary has to do with the matter. You receive a sab ; ary as clerk of the Dannevirke County but you would certainly recent 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 upon the county clerk and, Mr. . Polson’s letter was received.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1929, Page 7
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