§ Major GLYNasked the Postmaster-General if his Department accepts full responsibility if it can be proved that the words of a telegram handed in, and accepted, are by transmission by telephone between various offices altered in meaning, thus causing serious loss in the case of code words?
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHIt is laid down in the statutory regulations governing the acceptance and transmission of telegrams that the Postmaster-General is not liable for any loss or damage due to any mistake or default in the transmission of a telegram; and I could not accept responsibility for any consequential loss due to a mistake in a telegram transmitted by telephone.