February 15, 1895
An effort has been made at Liverpool to induce the Postmaster-General to extend the telegraph wires to the Everton and Liverpool football grounds. Mr. Arnold Morley, unfortunately finds himself confronted with an “invariable rule” of his department, “that in such cases the club or society interested must provide an office and fittings free of expense to the department, and pay the cost of extending the wires.” The reason for this rule is that the offices are “not required for the general convenience of the inhabitants of the locality.” Well, perhaps they are not. But does the Postmaster- General contend that the telegraph offices on the racecourses of the country are “for the general convenience of the inhabitants of the locality,” or that when a prominent member of the Government visits a place like Waterfront, for instance, it is for the concenience of the Rossendalians that elaborate telegraphic arrangements are made in the place of meeting? What Mr. Morley fails to realise, apparently, is that improved telegraphic communication with the Liverpool grounds would not only be a convenience as far as the local press are concerned but be highly appreciated by distant newspapers interested in football and their countless readers.
(Manchester Evening News: February 15, 1895)
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