To the Editor of the "Nowrn-Cunsa Dalny News.
Sim,—Will you permit me, through your jeolumns to inform the large number of private persons who wish to communicate With friends at home or elsewhere oversea, that the Directors of the Associated Eastern Telegraph Companies are now able to place the occasional vender of social or domestic telegrams, to a great extent, on an equality with regular senders, who by means of special Codes. can and do transmit their telegrams at an actual cost of about a twentieth of what would be the charge for the number of plain words sent, if uncoded.
My Directors have felt for some time past that in this respect. private senders suffer under some grievance. It frequent happens that at some crisis, when they may wish to telegraph, they or their friends have no agreed Code, and that the amount which they have to pay for uncoded messiize, presses heavily on them.
I may, perhaps, mention that I dre attention to this matter in a speech made to the shareholders of the Eastern Telegraph Company, on the 17th July 1901. The arrangements have neces. sarily occupied some considerable time, but my Companies have now arranged) through Mr. R. 'T. Atkinson, of Salisbury House, London Wall, London E.C, to bring out a Social'Code, a copy of which 1 be placed in each of the Offices of the Associated Compai ies, in towns at home and abroad in whi they are permitted to deal directly with the public, and the officers of the Companies have been me structed to. afford the senders - and receivers assistance in coding and decoding their telegram:
I would also point out that at all Stations where the Associated Com come into direct contact with the public, receivers of telegrams are able to register nes and addresses free of charge, to take full advantage of the now Code, this should be done, as the dress is often an expensive part of cablegram.
Tt may be hoped that as time the Governments at home, in foes on, India and in our Colonies, will afford similar facilities at their principal Offices, but pending this, T ma point out that the sender of a message could usually telegraph it by the ordinary Iand-line to some friend in town in which the Associated Com. panies have an Office, and his friend could there code it at the office of the Company. I think when the new system comes to be understood, private senders of mes.
will be able to telegraph to Great nat a rate of about Is. Od. per word, when their message ix coded, and a public want will be met.
T am, ete., J. Woure Baniy.
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