CABLES TO SOLDIERS

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21041, 17 February 1940, Page 8

CABLES TO SOLDIERS

CHEAP SERVICE COMING Pending the introduction of a cheap-rate cablegram sendee to soldiers in Egypt, which the Post-master-General. the Hon. F. Jones, states is still the subject of negotiation. telegrams at ordinary rates may be accepted for officers and men of the first echelon of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt. The address, which is to be paid for, must include regimental number, rank, name and unit to which the soldier is attached, followed by the words, “N.Z.E.F. Egypt.” The ordinary rates to Egypt are: Full rate, 2s lOd a word; deferred rate, Is 5d a word. As recently announced, however, cablegrams having reference to urgent private matters for despatch to members of His Majesty's Army or Air Force serving elsewhere than in Egypt and Canada, will be accepted at a reduced rate of 5d a word for the text and signature, with a minimum of 2s 6d for each message, no charge being made for the address. It is confidently expected that a similar concession will presently be applicable to messages to Egypt