AE-DP-2

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form number E.T. No. 6. Standardised heading above PRESS TELEGRAM.
Message area:	Blank.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Red on cream.
Size of form overall:	332 × 210 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of the form:

very long form with blank message area to accommodate many words.

AE-DP-2. No date stamp but almost certainly a repeated telegram
at Wagga Wagga in transit from Junee to Sydney
(The Sun).

Characteristics:

PRESS ... in serif font and capital letters.

Good example of how communications had changed:

The fire broke out at 9:30 am, the message was received
at the Junee Telegraph Office at 11:40 am and it was being processed
at Wagga between 12:40 pm and 1:30 pm.

Another telegram on the same form
AE-DP-2 giving the results of the Wagga Wagga races.
Multiple telegram sent to both the Daily Telegraph in Sydney
and the Herald in Goulburn.

Telegraphs Wagga Wagga date stamp of 20 September 1924.

The transmission of sporting results -
especially horse races and cricket -
was a very common use for Press Telegrams.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DP-2	None	24 March 1924 at Wagga Wagga, NSW.	RR (for used form)