Commander Walker's telegrams


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Posted by Dave W on November 28, 1998 at 11:03:07:

Can anybody explain why, in SW, Commander Walker would have sent several very short telegrams to the Amazons regarding the kit they needed such as tents, compass gumboots etc, when one telegram would have done? One would expect him to have all these items uppermost in his mind since he had already planned the arrangements for the Swallows, and we know from previous books that he's familiar with the art of succinct messages.
Is it possible that short telegrams were dealt with by the Post Office more quickly in those days, leaving the longer ones to later, or would it have been cheaper to send several very short ones?


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